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Canola/Rapeseed

France sows next year's rapeseed into bone-dry ground as prices hit a three-and-a-half-year high

Seven of eight monitored points in the French belt took a third or less of normal July rainfall, weeks before drilling begins for the 2027 crop

31 Jul

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England's farm water restrictions double as beet belt records its driest July in 86 years
30 Jul
Cotton
China cuts Xinjiang cotton area as dry planting window tests groundwater policy
30 Apr
Canola/Rapeseed
Cold and saturated fields delay Canadian canola planting just as China returns
29 Apr

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