Drought: impacts on French agriculture and emergency aid

Early November 2026, Breton livestock farmers must manage a fodder shortage for the winter after repeated heatwaves. The summer drought causes beet production to fall in Alsace and risks a sugar shortage in France, with a 30% drop in production, while Christmas tree producers first seek to be reassuring. Emergency aid is then announced, including €1.15 million in Doubs and €3.6 million in Corsica, but organic producers denounce their exclusion from the CASI plan. On November 10, grass growth is reported at its lowest in at least 40 years and Oxfam links the climate crisis to rising food prices. In the following days, Christmas tree producers mention losses and possible price increases, in a context of "climflation" on foodstuffs.