By Gus Trompiz and Michael Hogan PARIS/HAMBURG, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Relentless heat and drought could halve this year's French maize harvest and reduce European Union production to its smallest in decades, analysts said, despite expectations that crops ...
The producers took advantage of the few dry and sunny days that were recorded last weekend. Moisture in the grains, growth of weeds and diseases are a consequence of the delay in the collection work.