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French soft wheat sowing 12pc complete by Oct.12, maize harvest at 64pc
- For winter barley, farmers had sown 17pc of the expected area by Oct.12, compared with 5pc a week earlier and 32pc by the same time last year.
PARIS: French farmers had sown 12pc of the expected area for next year's soft wheat harvest as of Oct. 12, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
That compared with 6pc a week earlier and 16pc in the corresponding week last year, it said in a cereal crop report.
For winter barley, farmers had sown 17pc of the expected area by Oct.12, compared with 5pc a week earlier and 32pc by the same time last year.
Maize harvesting was 64pc complete by Oct. 12, compared with 49pc a week earlier and 26pc last year.
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