French farm operator AgroGeneration said on Friday that summer drought in eastern Ukraine will affect its sunseed harvest and could push its production down this year despite a bumper wheat crop, Reuters reports.
The Paris-listed firm, which farms just over 100,000 hectares in Ukraine, has observed a "significant" hit to yields in sunseed already harvested in the east, Vice Chairman Pierre Danon said in an interview, declining to give a precise figure, according to Reuters.
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But core earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to EUR 5.95 million from EUR 5.80 million ($1 = EUR 0.8540).