French Wheat Harvest and Yields Seen Plunging as Troubles Deepen
- Lobby group warns of ‘structural’ damage to the industry
- Farmers may lose €3 billion amid rising energy bills, salaries
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France’s soft-wheat harvest is seen plunging to the lowest in 40 years, and the nation’s farm lobby is warning of “structural” damage to yields.
Production will be 25.98 million tons, a 26% decline from last year, said Eric Thirouin, president of AGPB. Yields slumped 17% to 6.2 tons per hectare during the same period, continuing the slide that started in 2015.