PARIS, Nov 26 (Reuters) – French farmers had harvested 97% of the grain maize crop area by Nov. 22, up from 91% a week earlier, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
Sowing of soft wheat was also nearing an end, with 97% of the expected area drilled compared with 93% the previous week, the office said in a cereal report.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz and Forrest Crellin; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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