RISE SEEN IN FRENCH RAPESEED, SOYBEAN SOWINGS
France's Oilseed and Bean Cooperatives
Federation, FFCOP, said it expected French rapeseed sowings for
the 1987 harvest to rise by between 54.6 pct and 67.5 pct to
between 600,000 and 650,000 hectares from 388,000 planted last
year.
    Its latest estimates also suggested a 66.7 pct rise in
soybean sowings to 80,000 ha from 48,000 last year. Sunflower
sowings were expected to increase by between 8.6 pct and 14.6
pct from 829,000 ha. Pea sowings are estimated likely to rise
27.7 pct to 350,000 ha against 274,000, while field bean
sowings are forecast unchanged at 40,000.
 REUTER
