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French farm body sees plunge in wheat crop, exports
09.06.2011 11:46 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
French soft wheat production is
expected to fall 13 percent
in 2011 to a four-year low
after a drought-affected
growing season, the countrys
farm office said on
Wednesday in its first forecasts
for the upcoming
harvest.
FranceAgriMer estimated
this years French wheat crop would drop to 31 million tonnes
from 35.6 million in 2010, with the average yield seen
down 15 percent at 6.15 tonnes per hectare.
This would be the smallest crop since 30.1 million tonnes in
2007, a year also marked by a spring drought in France.
The crop forecast was earlier than usual, as the office usually
gives harvest estimates as of July, and officials cautioned
that final production would depend on the impact of
varying weather conditions up until harvesting.
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