The 2019-2020 harvests: a difficult year in France

A farmer is harvesting his wheat field, in Beauvilliers, in Eure-et-Loir, July 16, 2017 (illustrative image).

JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

By: Sayouba Traoré

2 min

The agricultural sector in France occupies a large place, with 450,000 farms, employing 885,400 farmers.

However, we are forecasting a catastrophic year for agriculture in 2020.

Bad wheat harvests, catastrophic forecasts for corn, dry meadows: grain farmers and breeders are sounding the alarm. 

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After a particularly wet winter, the drought announces a black year for agriculture.

These very unfavorable weather conditions mean that yields are historically low this year.

For wheat, there is a 25% drop in harvests, a 36% drop in yield for rapeseed, and a 10% drop for sheepmeat.

Guest:

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, farmer, President of the Permanent Assembly of Chambers of Agriculture (APCA). 

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 : Nicola Benita 

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