French farmers have ordered 91% of the planned areas with corn by May 16. In the previous week, there were 78%. 5-jährigem average however the rate is 96%. The reason is the cold and wet weather in the spring. That has led a delay of 15 days, compared to the 5-jährigem average.
The French winter wheat evaluated 86% of stocks with "good" to "excellent". In the previous week, there were 87%. The previous year was 91%.