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- Government announced temporary loosening of grazing rules for Comté, Beaufort and Abondance cheeses.
- Drought left 95% of mainland France’s pastures dry, yellow and bare in July.
- Producers may temporarily supplement cows’ diet with imported fodder and grain under the relief.
- About 70% of Salers cheese makers paused production over the summer.
- Roquefort producers requested temporary easing of grazing rules for their sheep after pastures scorched.
