date:Aug 04, 2014
ce, the EU's top wheat grower and exporter, 76 percent of the soft wheat crop had been cut by July 28, data from farm office FranceAgriMer showed. Heavy rain last weekend are expected to have slowed harvest progress in northern regions this week and rain forecast for this weekend could bring more delays and increase quality risks.
France is heading towards a good level of production but clearly with a decline in quality compared with a normal year, Benoit Fayaud of analysts Strategie Grains sa