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Low rainfall, hot weather threatens French cereal production

If low rainfall continues, spring crops such as sunflowers will also suffer. AFP - GEORGES GOBET

An unusually dry period at the beginning of the year has led to water restrictions in 15 departments across France, prompting fears of a drop in winter cereal yields.

France is the European Union's biggest grain producer, and the world’s third largest exporter after the US and Russia.

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