French seed corn is far below expectations

Published Nov 23, 2022

Tridge summary

France's seed maize growers are projected to harvest 60 to 70% of their target due to climate change impacts, leading to potential seed shortages across Europe in 2023. Approximately half of Europe's corn seed is produced in France, which used 394,000 ha for seed production this year, marking a slight decrease from the previous year.
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Original content

This is the result of a current estimate by the Association of Seed Producers (UFS). According to this, France's seed maize growers will only achieve 60 to 70% of the originally targeted harvest this year. The background to this is the clearly noticeable effects of climate change in western Europe as well. In Paris, seed bottlenecks are therefore expected on the continent in 2023, because around half of European corn seed is ...

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