date:Mar 26, 2019
, French farmers had sown about 1 percent of 445,000 hectares expected in 2019, Masson said.
Frequent showers this month have slowed early sugar beet planting, contrasting with rapid spring barley sowing in February during a warm, dry spell.
In Germany, chilly conditions were holding up planting.
Most farmers are waiting for an improvement in the current cool and cold weather before starting sowing, said Guenter Tissen, CEO of German sugar industry association WVZ.
Beet cultivation in German