The area under cereals in France will decrease by 7%

Published 2024년 4월 16일

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The French Ministry of Agriculture predicts a 6.8% reduction in the total area dedicated to grain crops for the 2024 harvest, amounting to 6.81 million hectares. This includes a notable 7.7% decrease in soft wheat areas, totaling 4.39 million hectares, primarily due to significant rainfall from mid-October 2023 that impacted winter crop sowing. Despite these challenges, the ministry expects an increase in spring crops, with spring barley areas projected to rise by 10.7% to 0.5 million hectares and spring soft wheat by 6.4% to 0.02 million hectares. However, the area for grain leguminous crops is set to fall by 4.3% to 0.27 million hectares.

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According to forecasts by the French Ministry of Agriculture, the area sown with grain crops for the 2024 harvest will decrease to 6.81 million hectares, by 6.8% compared to last year, despite the expected expansion of areas under spring crops. The sowing area for soft wheat will be reduced by 7.7% to 4.39 million hectares. This was reported by the Zerno On-Line agency. Due to heavy rainfall from mid-October 2023, the area under winter soft wheat was reduced by 7.7% to 4.34 million hectares, under winter durum wheat - by 6.4% to 0.22 million hectares, under winter barley – by 6.1% to 1.28 million hectares. Some of the areas that farmers were unable to sow during the autumn sowing campaign will be sown with spring barley. The French Ministry of Agriculture predicts that the area under spring barley ...

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