Paris, France, Aug 7, 2026 (AFP) - French farmers bracing for smallest corn crop since 1980

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2026-08-07

France's corn harvest is on pace this year for a 35 percent fall to nine million tons, a level last seen in 1980 for Europe's biggest grains producer, the government said Friday. The AGPM producers' association had previously forecast a harvest of 9.5 million, down 30 percent from a year ago, owing to a reduction in areas under cultivation. But new forecasts from the agriculture ministry's statistics department take into account heatwaves that hi......

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