China wheat output falls 0.9% after rain damage ahead of harvest
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China’s summer wheat output fell 0.9% this year, official data showed on Saturday, the first decline in seven years after heavy rain hit key growing areas just ahead of the harvest.
Output in the world’s top grower of the grain fell to 134.53 million metric tons, the National Bureau of Statistics said, although it added that this year still brought a bumper harvest.
Wheat acreage increased by 0.4% but yields were down 1.3%, the statistics bureau said.
