- Summer droughts across Europe have led to a drop in grain and cereals production, raising prices for animal feed which, combined with a lack of pasture land, will potentially have a strong impact on European poultry and pork production, experts have warned.
- This is set to send shockwaves through the livestock sector, due to soaring animal feed costs, compounded by the fact that pasture conditions have also been highly affected by dry weather.
- Like Liberal Democrat Ulrike Müller and Martin Häusling, criticised the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for being too short-sighted and lacking incentives for water management and use of technologies, others warned of the trade-off between present and future production.
Livestock hit hardest by EU harvest drop caused by drought
