According to the FranceAgriMer report, the condition of the crop rotation of soft wheat in France continues to deteriorate and is the most unfavorable in the last four years. As of May 20, only 63% of the crops were in good or excellent condition, slightly lower than the previous week (64%), and significantly lower than last year (93%).
The situation of durum wheat and spring barley crop rotation has also noticeably worsened. On the specified date, only 64% of durum wheat and 73% of spring barley were in good or excellent condition. The results have slightly decreased compared to the previous week (65% and 74% respectively) and are much lower than last year (86% and 95% respectively).
Furthermore, it is worth noting that as of May 20, only 78% of the planned areas were sown with corn, which is much lower than the five-year average (96%). Over the last week, only 6% more area was sown.