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    France's Ministry of Agriculture cut its forecast for corn and soft wheat production in 2022

    • Last Update: 2022-10-19
    • Source: Internet
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    Foreign media news on October 11: The French Ministry of Agriculture released a report on Tuesday, lowering the country's 2022 cereal corn (excluding seed corn) production to 11.
    154 million tons, 1.
    6% lower than the 11.
    33 million tons forecast in September, 26.
    6% lower than the previous year's bumper harvest, and 18.
    4%
    lower than the five-year average.
     
    France has suffered the worst drought on record this year, followed by multiple heatwaves, with maize being one of
    the hardest hit crops.
     
    France's agriculture ministry expects corn yields of 8.
    18 mt/ha this year, down from 8.
    44 mt/ha last month and 21.
    4 percent lower than 10.
    41 mt/ha last year and the lowest since 2005
    .
     
    The French Agriculture Ministry's latest forecast is based on data as of Oct.
    1 and is still higher than last week's forecast of 10 million mt
    by AGPM, a group of French corn growers.
     
    France's agriculture ministry said the corn harvest was 1.
    363 million hectares, down from 1.
    461 million hectares the previous year but higher than AGPM's estimate of 1.
    27 million hectares
    .
     
    The French Ministry of Agriculture added that the harvest area of cereal maize may change, as farmers may harvest some of the corn as silage, that is, chop the corn and use it as farm feed
    .
     
    As of Monday, the French corn harvest was two-thirds complete, up from 6 percent
    in the same period last year.
    This year's hot, dry summer weather has accelerated growth, so the harvest progress is much higher than last year
    .
     
    Wheat production was revised down
     
    French soft wheat production forecasts were also lowered to 33.
    69 million mt
    from 34.
    12 million mt forecast last month.
    Revised production was 4.
    8 percent lower than the previous year and 3.
    6 percent less than the five-year
    average.
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