# Vendée: hay and straw shortage worries livestock farmers before winter

> 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.

- Date: 2026-11-12 · published 2026-11-13T06:16:19.067Z
- Category: weather · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/97276-vendee-hay-and-straw-shortage-worries-livestock-farmers-before-winter
- Commodities: [Grass Hay](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GRASSHAY.md)

## Why it matters

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.

## Read by commodity

- GRASSHAY: bullish ▲

## Sources

- my-angers.info: https://my-angers.info/11/12/la-penurie-de-foin-et-de-paille-fragilise-les-eleveurs-vendeens-a-lapproche-de-lhiver/201340

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