France raised estimates of sown areas under wheat and rapeseed

The French Ministry of Agriculture in its report slightly raised the estimate of the area under soft wheat and rapeseed for the 2023 harvest, reports Successful Farming. In particular, experts estimate the sown area under wheat at 4.76 million hectares compared to 4.75 million hectares according to December estimates, which is also 2% higher than in 2022 and 0.4% higher than the average sown area. over the past 5 years. The estimate of the sown area under rapeseed in France, analysts of the Ministry of Agriculture raised to 1.34 million hectares compared to 1.29 million hectares in the December report, which is also 9% higher than ...