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Rhine at 6cm: Barge Loads Tumble to 400 Tonnes and Surcharges Pass €1,000
The historic low at the Kaub bottleneck is forcing barge operators to cut loads and charge steep low-water surcharges, w...
Southeastern Hay Contest Returns: Entries Due Sept. 1 Amid Drought Recovery
The Southeastern Hay Contest seeks entries through Sept. 1, while drought recovery advice urges hay testing and early wi...
Rhine Drought Leaves Eastern French Service Stations Short of Petrol
Water at Kaub has fallen to 130cm, forcing barges to cut fuel cargoes by 80% and leaving up to half of Haut-Rhin and Bel...
Tesco's Booker Scale Turns England's Drought Into a Sourcing Edge
England's drought has hit wheat, barley and vegetable yields. Tesco's once-criticised Booker takeover gives it buying sc...
UK Announces £65 Million Drought Support for Farmers as England Wilts
Defra's package relaxes grassland-feed rules, funds on-farm reservoirs and eases water access as drought covers about th...
German Winegrowers Expect Excellent Vintage but Less Wine as Costs and Policy Pressures Mount
Drought is expected to cut yields, but German growers still anticipate a qualitatively strong vintage. The sector is als...
Drought Fire Bans Leave French Pyrotechnic Firms Counting a Lost Summer
Prefects across France have cancelled August 15 fireworks over fire risk, hitting summer-dependent pyrotechnic businesse...
Slovenia Extends Energy-Supply Measure as Krško Nuclear Plant Runs at 80%
The government extended its reduced energy-supply risk declaration for another week, citing heat, low river flows and re...
El Niño's Double Blow to Peru: Southern Drought and Coastal Floods Put 7.8 Million Farm Hectares at Risk
Cenepred sees almost the entire cultivable surface exposed to drought, huaicos or flooding through March 2027, as agro G...
Rhine Hits Record Low at Kaub, Forcing Europe's Industrial Freight Reroute
Europe's key industrial waterway has effectively stalled at Kaub after hitting a record low, pushing chemicals, steel an...
Rhine at Record Low as RWE's Giant Water Extraction Project Sparks Alarm
As the Rhine suffers historic drought, plans to pump billions of cubic metres of river water into former open-cast ligni...
Four Factors That Could Push U.S. Wheat Prices Above $8
Black Sea disruptions, Southern Plains drought, record-low acreage and sluggish exports are creating a volatile outlook ...
‘We Have Not Experienced Such a Climate in Our Lifetime’: Europe’s Summer of 2026 Breaks All Heat Records
Western Europe’s June–July period was the hottest ever recorded, fueled by persistent heatwaves that sparked drought, ma...
French Farmers Union Demands 'Billions' in Emergency Aid as Climate Crisis Devastates Agriculture
FNSEA President Arnaud Rousseau calls for an unprecedented government bailout to counter record drought and heatwaves, w...
French Maize Harvest to Plunge 35% to Lowest Since 1980 as Heatwaves and Costs Bite
France’s 2026 maize crop is forecast at just 9 million tonnes, down 35% and the weakest since 1980, as farmers cut acrea...
European Drought Grinds River Cruises to a Halt, Opening Opportunity for Insurers
Record-low water on the Rhine and Danube left cruise ships stranded and forced operators to scramble, while consumer tra...
France Faces 'Water War' Risk as Drought Deepens and Heatwave Strikes
With soil moisture lower than in 2022, 91 departments under restrictions and farmers urged to defy limits, the governmen...
Federal Plan Would Force Colorado River Cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada
A federal proposal would cut Colorado River deliveries to Arizona, California and Nevada by up to 3 million acre-feet a ...
Record Droughts Shut Nuclear Plants in Hungary and Romania, Testing EU Energy Security
Danube at record lows has forced the shutdown of Hungary's Paks and Romania's Cernavoda reactors, exposing nuclear power...
Federal Plan Would Slash Colorado River Irrigation 40% in Dry Years, Hitting Arizona Farming
A 10-year federal plan would cut lower basin Colorado River deliveries by up to 40% in dry years, with Arizona's non-tri...
Two Dead in Greek Helicopter Crash as Wildfires and Drought Grip Southern Europe
Two firefighting helicopter crew members died in a collision near Athens as wildfires burned across Greece, France and S...
Hungary Shuts Paks Nuclear Plant for First Time in 44 Years as Danube Hits Record Low
Record-low Danube levels are forcing Hungary to take its only nuclear plant offline, risking power import costs of up to...
Drought Declared Across London and Half of England as Fire and Crop Risks Surge
The Environment Agency's official drought declaration reflects worst July on record, prompting hose pipe bans and urgent...