Crop damage mounts for EU farmers after torrid summer
A farmer harvests wheat near Usingen, Germany, August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
European farmers are counting the cost of a summer heatwave that has shrunk cereal harvests and shrivelled pastures, leaving some farms struggling to survive and shutting the EU out of lucrative export markets.
The severe weather in Europe has coincided with adverse growing conditions in other major grain producing zones such as Russia and Australia, raising the risk that supplies in exporting countries will be eroded to their smallest in years.
