Bulletin

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FranceMain producing and exporting countries

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For France, the monitored period from March to August covers the final stages and the harvest of the winter wheat crop (planted from September 2012), the whole cycle of spring wheat (May to August), and the early and mid-season stages of maize, the harvest of which is nearing completion. Consistent crop condition patterns can be observed: only about half the crops enjoyed conditions comparable with the previous seasons, while about 15 percent, mostly in the center-north (Pas de Calais to North Centre region) suffered well-below average conditions in March, which gradually improved until reaching near-normal values in June and above average ones in July. In the extreme south (Pyrenees) and the southeast (east of Rhone-Alpes and northeast of Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur) conditions kept deteriorating from March to June, after which they improved, returning to normal in July. Finally, large areas from Bretagne to Franche-Comté and Alsace (but avoiding Poitou Charentes) display poor condition in May, which affects about 27 percent of the country’s crops. Altogether winter conditions were relatively poor (3.16c), while summer crops (maize) are average.

Figure 3.16 Crop condition France