Coceral Peg UK Rapeseed Crop At 1.77 MMT
Coceral peg the UK rapeseed crop at 1.77 MMT this year, almost a quarter of a million tonnes lower than the NFU estimated last week, and last year's crop which came in a tad under 2 MMT.
"The NFU they, er, don't know their, how you say, ass from an olé in the ground," a Cocereal spokesman didn't say.
Coceral put the French crop at 5.4 MMT (from 4.7 MMT in 2008), the German crop at 6.2 MMT (5.2 MMT) and the Polish crop at 2.4 MMT (2.1 MMT).
Total EU-27 rapeseed output is seen at 20.55 MMT, an 8% increase on last season's 19.02 MMT.
"The NFU they, er, don't know their, how you say, ass from an olé in the ground," a Cocereal spokesman didn't say.
Coceral put the French crop at 5.4 MMT (from 4.7 MMT in 2008), the German crop at 6.2 MMT (5.2 MMT) and the Polish crop at 2.4 MMT (2.1 MMT).
Total EU-27 rapeseed output is seen at 20.55 MMT, an 8% increase on last season's 19.02 MMT.