Mustard can disappear from store shelves at any time in France

Published 2022년 7월 28일

Tridge summary

A severe heatwave and drought in Canada last July significantly diminished the mustard crop, impacting the global supply as Canada is a major exporter. The loss is expected to affect France, which relies heavily on Canadian mustard for 80% of its production. The expected compensation from Ukraine and Russia is now unlikely due to the ongoing war and sanctions. Canadian producers are shifting to other grains, further reducing mustard production. In response, France is contemplating reviving mustard cultivation and encouraging the breeding of resilient varieties to combat changed climatic conditions. A temporary shortage is anticipated until these measures bear fruit.

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Original content

The first blow to mustard was climate change, as an extreme heat wave and drought in July last year in Canada, which is considered an important producer and exporter, took away about half of the entire crop - reports g7.hu. 80 percent of the mustard produced in France is based on imported Canadian raw materials, but a significant part of it will not arrive this year. Originally, the plan was that the Canadian drop would be replaced with Ukrainian and possibly Russian mustard, but due to the war, the Ukrainian source is not available, and Russian imports are made impossible by the sanctions. And if all that wasn't enough, the Canadian producers mostly stopped growing due to bad experiences and switched to other grains instead. The supply on the world market has thus been reduced even in the longer term. The French were really in trouble, since in addition to all this, they had already abandoned domestic mustard seed cultivation, saying that there was not enough profit in it, and ...

Source: Agrarszektor