French maize crop rating falls as harvest starts
PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – An estimated 80% of French grain maize crops were in good or excellent condition by Sept. 4, down from 82% the previous week, just as the harvest kicks off in the European Union’s largest producer of grain, the farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
That compared with a 44% score a year earlier, when maize was affected by a severe drought.
French farmers had gathered 1% of this year’s maize harvest by Sept. 4, down from 5% last year, but in line with the five-year average.
Harvesting of the spring barley crop, like winter crops, was complete.
(Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide; Editing by Sharon Singleton)
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