# Beet growers in French Yonne harvest only 23 tons per hectare

> Drought and Rhizopus root rot have sharply reduced sugar beet yields in France’s Yonne department. The regional agricultural service reports an average yield of 23 tonnes per hectare, about 31% of normal, and 15% of the area was left unharvested because of quality or economic problems.

- Date: 2026-11-10 · published 2026-11-10T12:16:12.695Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/91677-beet-growers-in-french-yonne-harvest-only-23-tons-per-hectare
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

A severe regional beet crop loss reduces local sugar beet availability and may tighten sugar supply, lending support to sugar prices. The reported disease and drought impacts are concentrated in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-09-08 | [French crop growers warn farms at risk after harvest setbacks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51063-french-crop-growers-warn-farms-at-risk-after-harvest-setbacks.md) | +0.4% | +7.6% |
| WHEAT | 2020-08-07 | [EU wheat harvest focus turns to Germany after poor French crop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51567-eu-wheat-harvest-focus-turns-to-germany-after-poor-french-crop.md) | -1.3% | -0.1% |
| WHEAT | 2026-06-23 | [Record heat puts French grain harvest at risk \| Science-Environment](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18752-record-heat-puts-french-grain-harvest-at-risk-science-environment.md) | -1.3% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2022-12-19 | [EU grains harvest in 2023 to recover nearly all lost ground, despite early test from cold - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38167-eu-grains-harvest-in-2023-to-recover-nearly-all-lost-ground-despite-early-test.md) | -1.5% | -5.0% |
| WHEAT | 2023-10-10 | [COCERAL forecasts the grain harvest in the EU-27 + UK at 289.8 mln tons.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33560-coceral-forecasts-the-grain-harvest-in-the-eu-27-uk-at-289-8-mln-tons.md) | +0.2% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- en.boerenbusiness.nl: https://en.boerenbusiness.nl/akkerbouw/artikel/10917397/bietentelers-in-frans-yonne-oogsten-maar-23-ton-per-ha

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