Mustard manufacturers in France are faced with seed supply difficulties, calls to revive the sector

Mustard manufacturers, faced with seed supply difficulties, called on February 17 for "more support" from the state to revive the sector. They consider it "urgent to accelerate the development of the culture of the seed in France", after three bad harvests of mustard which are added to the reductions in volumes of Canada, the largest exporter in the world, according to a press release from the FICF (industries condiments). A “shortage” threatens: in Canada, the surfaces have been reduced by half, the 2021 harvest has been poor. "This translates into mustard production already suspended by some manufacturers, a multiplication [by four or five] of the price of the seed", indicates the ...