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France has significantly accelerated the pace of sowing winter grains

Grain & Cereals

France

Supply

Grains, Cereal & Legumes

Harvest

Published Nov 8, 2024

Tridge summary

French farmers have made significant strides in reducing the backlog in the sowing of winter grain crops, as reported by Zerno On-Line and FranceAgriMer. As of November 4, winter barley was sown on 78 percent of the planned area, a decrease of two percent from the previous year and nine percent from the five-year average. Soft wheat was sown on 62 percent of the plan, three percent behind last year and 15 percent behind the five-year average. Hard winter crops were sown on 10 percent of the territory, four and 13 percent less than previous years respectively. The area under corn increased from 25 to 58 percent in 17 days.

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Last week, French farmers significantly reduced the backlog in the sowing of winter grain crops. This was reported by Zerno On-Line with reference to data from the state agency FranceAgriMer. According to them, as of November 4, the country's farmers have been most successful in sowing winter barley. It was carried out on 78 percent of the planned area, which is two percent less than on the same date last year and nine percent less than the average for the past five years. At the same time, according to the latest monitoring data, which was conducted on October 21, the crop was sown on 38 percent of the fields. Serious progress was also made with soft wheat, which was sown at 62 percent of the plan. This figure is three percent behind last year and 15 percent behind the five-year average. On the previous reporting date, the figure was 21 percent. Hard winter crops are ...

Source: Rosng