PARIS, France – Mild temperatures and timely rains are favouring western European winter grain crops, in sharp contrast to last year’s weather that turned the European Union into a wheat importer. “Overall the picture is good,” a German grains analyst said. “We had had a lot of rain throughout Germany but generally the condition of […] Read more
Stories by Greg Frost
U.S. wheat sale to Cuba worries French
PARIS, France – The first sales of American wheat to Cuba in four decades sent a shudder through the French grain trade, which fears that its lucrative wheat-for-sugar deal with the island may be in jeopardy. “It’s like a needle in the backside,” a Paris-based trader said after three United States companies announced Nov. 21 […] Read more
Organic farms: soon a common practice?
PARIS, France — If Francois Thierry is right, organic farming will some day be the norm. How soon that happens, however, depends on the will of all the players in the European Union food sector — producers, consumers, retailers and politicians. Thierry, a dairy producer who made the switch to organic farming 10 years ago, […] Read more
