French maize harvest 92% complete by Oct 12, soft wheat sowings at 15%

Oct 16 (Reuters) — French farmers had harvested 92% of this year's grain maize crop by October 12, up from 84% a week earlier, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday. The office also estimated that 15% of the planned soft wheat area and 20% of the planned winter barley area for next year's harvest had been sown by Monday. (Reporting by Ronan Corcoran and Margaux Perrin in Gdansk, editing by Sybille de La Hamaide) ((ronan.corcoran@thomsonreuters.com)