Poor French wheat yields to dent EU crop as rain hampers harvest

By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) - The smallest French wheat harvest in at least a decade is set to push European Union production down sharply from last year's record, while persistent rain is also raising the risk of lower quality in some major wheat belts, analysts and traders said. Rain delays mean it is still too early to call the overall size and quality of the EU crop. "When you look at the EU harvest, volumes are going to be most affected in the west," Pierre Begoc of consultancy Agritel said.

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