French Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard said that this summer's heatwave and drought have caused “extremely serious” losses to French farmers. Genevard said in an interview on Friday that it is still too early to determine the exact scale of the losses. She said she will meet with officials from all over France on August 27 to compile accurate data on crop production cuts. “Not all crops have been harvested, and rain is still likely before the end of the month, and we all hope so,” Genevard said. “But we already know that the damage was extremely serious. We were hit by both a drought and a heatwave. The combination of these two weather phenomena had a devastating impact on French agriculture.”

French Minister of Agriculture Annie Genevard said that this summer's heatwave and drought have caused “extremely serious” losses to French farmers. Genevard said in an interview on Friday that it is still too early to determine the exact scale of the losses. She said she will meet with officials from all over France on August 27 to compile accurate data on crop production cuts. “Not all crops have been harvested, and rain is still likely before the end of the month, and we all hope so,” Genevard said. “But we already know that the damage was extremely serious. We were hit by both a drought and a heatwave. The combination of these two weather phenomena had a devastating impact on French agriculture.”