French maize harvest 27% complete, wheat and barley sowing starts
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PARIS, Oct 6 (Reuters) – French farmers had harvested 27% of this year’s grain maize crop by Oct. 2, compared with 12% a week earlier, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
Sowing of cereals for next year’s harvest was underway, with 2% of the expected soft wheat area and 5% of the anticipated winter barley area sown by Oct. 2, FranceAgriMer said.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Editing by Jan Harvey)
((gus.trompiz@thomsonreuters.com; +33 1 49 49 52 18; Reuters Messaging: gus.trompiz.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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