French wheat sales seen facing protein risk by Granit's Everling

France’s wheat exports to North Africa are at risk because the average protein content in the grain is falling, according to Jean-Philippe Everling, the executive director of French grain trader Granit Negoce.

“For several years now, in France, in milling wheat we have a trend of falling protein,” Everling said at a grain- industry conference in Evreux, France, yesterday. “We need to have a wheat that finds a place in nearby countries. We’re on a razor edge with our 11 percent protein.”