It is a bad spring for baguettes.
Wet weather is preventing farmers in the Northern Plains from planting the spring wheat crop, prized for a high protein content crucial for baking bread. Growers in the southern Plains and western Europe have had the opposite problem, as drought cuts output in the other major regions where high-quality wheat is grown.
The result is that bakers such as Joel Karinen, owner of the Luna Bakery in Colorado, are focused on cheaper items.
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