Per latest data released by FranceAgriMer, French farmers, had cut 91% of the grain corn crop area by Nov. 15, up from 82% a week earlier.
Sowing of soft wheat and winter barley for next year’s harvest is nearing the end, and there were very good growing conditions.
Particularly, as for soft wheat, according to FranceAgriMer 93% of the expected area had been drilled by Monday, compared with 87% a week earlier.
In a first rating for newly sown soft wheat, it estimated that 99% of crops were in good or excellent condition, against 95% a year earlier.
As for #durum wheat, in contrast, sowing was only 56% complete.
That is up from 38% the prior week but lagging year-earlier progress of 72%.
As for winter barley, 97% of the expected area had been sown against 94% a week earlier, while 99% of crops were rated good or excellent, unchanged from the prior week.
