PARIS, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Most of this yr’s rain-affected French smooth wheat crop was failing to satisfy a normal milling commonplace, preliminary high quality outcomes printed by farm workplace FranceAgriMer confirmed.
For take a look at weights, a key measure of wheat high quality, solely 39% of the crop was estimated to surpass the 76 kg per hectolitre (kg/hl) minimal generally utilized for milling in France, based on preliminary knowledge printed on FranceAgriMer’s web site.
In final yr’s harvest, 98% of the crop exceeded the 76 kg/hl stage.
Take a look at weights have been the main target of issues about harm from heavy summer time rain, hampering efforts to export French wheat to main markets like Algeria.
For protein content material and Hagberg falling numbers, different key standards for milling, the survey supported expectations of higher outcomes than for assessments weights.
Some 94% of the crop was assembly the essential 11% protein commonplace, with 77% exceeding 11.5%.
For Hagberg numbers, 57% of the crop was exceeding the 240 stage required in some export markets, whereas 28% was beneath the 220 threshold usually utilized in France.
The preliminary outcomes had been based mostly on simply over 70% of the samples focused within the survey, with knowledge restricted from northerly zones the place harvesting is simply ending.
A second spherical of sentimental wheat outcomes is to be printed subsequent week earlier than a last report later in September.
For durum wheat, the much less produced selection utilized in pasta, the outcomes additionally confirmed weak take a look at weights in addition to low Hagberg readings.
For take a look at weights, 49% of the crop met the 76 kg/hl stage. In Hagberg numbers simply 20% of the crop was surpassing 250, with 40% beneath the 100 mark.
Poor high quality in France has added to issues about world durum provide as prime producer Canada is about to see its harvest slashed by drought.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; Enhancing by Alison Williams)
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