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Drought and heatwaves in summer 2026 left pastures short of grass, so Vendée farmers in France began drawing on winter fodder stocks about five months early. Straw now costs 150 to 180 euros per tonne, compared with a usual 80 to 100 euros, and some farms are thinning bedding.
The regional FDSEA union has already bought 5,000 tonnes of straw from neighbouring departments and is considering imports from Spain.
A regional fodder and bedding deficit raises feed and litter costs for French livestock producers and pulls forage demand toward imports. The effect on world feed prices is small, but it adds to tight hay supply in Europe.
my-angers.infoAidanNov 12, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
