Hot weather to trim Europe grain harvest
Monday, 21 June 2010
PARIS, June 20 (Commodity Online): More than expected dryness to the spring season hits Europe's grain harvest, especially the barley crop as it hits a five year low.
The dry weather which parched crops in some of Europe's main arable regions has cost at least 2m tones in grains production, according to Strategie Grains.
The dryness is likely to cut French, British and Irish wheat productions by 1.2m-tonne.
It also cut by 800,000 tones its forecast for barley output in the three countries, which are between them responsible for one third of the EU harvest.
The dry weather which parched crops in some of Europe's main arable regions has cost at least 2m tones in grains production, according to Strategie Grains.
The dryness is likely to cut French, British and Irish wheat productions by 1.2m-tonne.
It also cut by 800,000 tones its forecast for barley output in the three countries, which are between them responsible for one third of the EU harvest.