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France’s grain corn sector is facing a steep decline in sown area this spring, raising alarm across the industry. The drop, estimated at 10% to 15% compared to last year, has been described as deeply concerning by producer organizations. Experts warn that this trend could threaten both animal feed supplies and farmers’ livelihoods. A strong decline in the area sown with grain corn in France this spring, estimated to be at least 10% to 15% lower than last year, is very worrying. It reveals a serious malaise in the sector’, the umbrella organisation of French corn growers Maiz’Europ says. According to first estimates from the statistical office of the Department of Agriculture, Agreste, the area of grain corn this season amounts to 1.33 million hectares. In the previous 2 years, that area was well over 1.5 million hectares with an annual production of around 14 million tonnes, a large part of which is used in the animal feed industry. Without serious intervention, the future of ...

The lack of rainfall and the drop in temperatures in France and Germany are threatening winter crops.

The expansion of grain cultivation in France is mainly due to wheat, with a 2.6 percent larger area than in 2025. The wheat area is almost entirely filled with winter wheat and is currently estimated at 4.6 million hectares. This cultivated area is comparable in France to the five-year average. In addition to wheat, the barley area decreases by 1.5 percent to 1.76 million hectares. Currently, according to Agreste, mainly less summer barley is being sown. However, there is a slight expansion in the cultivation of winter barley. Furthermore, the rapeseed area is expanding considerably, by 9 percent to 1.38 million hectares. This is the largest rapeseed area since 2018. Just like in the Netherlands, farmers in France are also growing fewer sugar beets and Agreste expects a decrease in the area of potatoes. The beet area decreases by 4.6 percent to 379,000 hectares. That is almost 5 percent less than the five-year average. Last year, sugar beets were still grown on almost 400,000 ...