Popular mustard will be back on the French stores from October

Published 2022년 9월 17일

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A severe heat wave in 2021 resulted in the destruction of half of Canada's mustard seed crop, which typically supplies 80 percent of the seeds for France. The remaining 20 percent was grown in Burgundy. Climate damage and insect damage have further reduced harvests since 2017. To address the shortage, particularly for Dijon mustard, the Burgundy Mustard Association has urged French farmers to increase mustard sowing areas and has doubled the distribution price of mustard seeds. The efforts have led to an increase in the cultivation area and the number of farmers involved, with an expected return of Dijon mustard to French stores by October and the elimination of the shortage by 2023.

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Even the heat wave of 2021 destroyed half of the mustard seed crop in Canada, where 80 percent of the seeds in France came from, the remaining 20 percent were grown in Burgundy, so the French who consume mustard were forced to rely on this scarce supply for a long time. We also consider it important to increase the proportion of domestic production due to climate damage affecting different parts of the world Luc Vandermaesen, president of the Burgundy Mustard Association (ABM), which brings together mustard growers and producers, told the French news agency AFP. Between 2017 and 2021, insect damage already reduced the harvest by a third, from 12,000 tons to 4,000, as pesticides that effectively destroyed the pest until then were banned, even though 16,000 tons would be needed according to needs. In order to save Dijon mustard, which has been world-famous and popular since the Middle Ages, in June they appealed to French farmers to increase the sowing area from 4,000 to 10,000 ...

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