In France sugar beet sown area will decrease by 12%
Farmers in France, the European Union's biggest crop producer, are expected to cut back on wheat and sugar sowing for this year's harvest but expand barley and rapeseed area, the country's farm ministry said on Tuesday.
It is reported by Successful Farming.
Among initial estimates for spring planting, the ministry projected the sugar beet area would fall by 1.5% from last year to 396,000 ha, which is 11.6% below the five-year average.
Farmers may also make adjustments following an EU decision to allow them to use fallow land this spring to help offset lost supply due to the war in Ukraine.