PARIS, July 12 (Reuters) - The condition of French softwheat declined further in the week to July 8, with 73% of cropsrated good or excellent against 76% the previous week, farmoffice FranceAgriMer said on Friday.
The score remained above the year-earlier level of 72%,FranceAgriMer's weekly report showed.
The crop ratings had fallen more sharply in the previousweek during a late-June heatwave that brought recordtemperatures to France, the European Union's biggest cropproducer.
Soft wheat harvesting in France was well underway, with 12%of the crop area harvested by July 8 against 1% a week earlier,the report showed.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz; editing by Richard Lough)