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In a crop report, the ministry estimated French soft wheat production at 35.1 million tonnes, down from 36.1 million forecast last month and 4 percent below 36.6 million tonnes in 2017.
In its first forecast for 2018 maize (corn) harvest, the ministry pegged production of grain maize excluding seeds at 12.8 million tonnes, down almost 10 percent from 14.3 million last year.
Estimated all-barley production was revised down to 11.8 million tonnes from 12.1 million forecast in July, while projected rapeseed output was left unchanged at 4.6 million tonnes.