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Dry Pastures Force Texas Ranchers To Slaughter More Cows

With almost all of Texas in drought, ranchers are sending ever more cattle off to slaughter, a trend likely to increase beef prices over the long term due...

Strategie Grains Cuts EU Maize Crop Forecast

Severe drought is set to slash the European Union's maize harvest by 10 million tonnes, dropping it to a 15-year a low of 55.4 million tonnes, consultancy...

France Tackles Its Worst Drought On Record, Milk Shortage Looms

France on Sunday braced for a fourth heatwave this summer as its worst drought on record left parched villages without safe drinking water and farmers warn...

Tereos Expects Good Sugar Beet Yield In France Despite Drought

France's largest sugar group Tereos said it currently expects yields in this year's French sugar beet harvest to top the five-year average despite a lack o...

Spanish Farmers Fear Olive Oil Output Could Plunge A Third

Farmers in southern Spain fear extreme drought and consecutive heatwaves this year could cut olive oil output in the world's largest producer by nearly a t...

Drought Impacts Tuscany's Famed Olive Oil And Wine Production

Farmers in Tuscany, the heart of Italy's prized wine and olive oil industry, are battling to salvage as much as they can of this year's crop from the ravag...

Drought Hits Mediterranean Crops, Rest Of Europe In Good Condition

Persistent rain deficits in Mediterranean regions have led to droughts, harming grasslands and crops such as wheat and barley, while dry weather has had a...