France forced to import wheat as rain hits crop quality

France forced to import wheat as rain hits crop quality

Paris | Reuters –– France’s rain-hit wheat crop has delivered the first shock of the 2014-15 season: the EU’s top grower and exporter is buying Lithuanian and British milling wheat to mix with its unusually poor-grade crop to meet contracts signed before the harvest. French exports exceed those of Britain and Lithuania on the world […] Read more


French wheat premiums soar as market fears more rain damage

Paris/Reuters —  Premiums for higher-quality wheat in France jumped on Monday as heavy weekend rain added to fears that this year’s harvest in the European Union’s top producer and exporter will be spoiled by poor quality. Farmers in eastern France have reported alarming quality indications for wheat, blamed on repeated rainfall in early July in […] Read more