Cereals - Autruy-Sur-Juine, France
Introduction
In 1993 Christophe took over the running of 155 hectares from his parents and in 2002 he rented another 40 hectares of land to bring the total farmed area to 195 hectares.
The main rotation over the chalky clay soils is winter wheat, barley and oil seed rape, peas and carrots which are grown for seed. The two wheat varieties grown are Courtot and Galibier, which are grown for their suitability as milling wheats.
The farm is a member of a cooperative which has over 120 members farming in excess of 12,000 hectares.