30-04-2012 07:45 AM | France

Western EU farmers turning to spring barley

Farmers in Western Europe are turning to spring barley and maize as they are forced to replant large swathes of land where severe frosts have destroyed winter crops.

Losses due to severe frost in early February are estimated to have led to the resowing of about 600,000 hectares of winter crops in France, the top cereals producer in the European Union, mainly in the northeast.
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