The government is looking at the bedside of farmers penalized by the exceptional weather.
Repeated droughts and heat waves have heavily affected certain crops.
More than 90 French departments are still affected by measures restricting the use of water which affect farmers.
And “
unfortunately, nothing bodes well for a recovery
” soon, warns Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty.
Harvests of straw cereals (durum wheat, soft wheat, barley) are expected to be stable overall.
But it is quite different with maize, sunflower or grass production.
To date, the maize crop is expected down 18% from its 2021 level
.
That of sunflower would be stable;
but that's only because French farmers have planted many more this year, prompted by the shortage created by the war in Ukraine.
Grass production is “
very low (-21%), which…
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