As of August 12, the Salers AOP cheese producers will suspend their production, for not being able to give enough grass to the cows, the president of the AOP tells the newspaper La Montagne. You have to “respect the consumer”, explains the latter, while grazing ad nauseam is part of the specifications to claim the denomination of this Cantal cheese.
The fault lies obviously with the historical drought that affects France and does not spare Auvergne. “With these years of repeated drought, things are getting complicated,” warns Laurent Lours, president of the Salers AOP section of the Interprofessional Cheese Committee.
early descent
Salers is not the only cheese under threat. In Switzerland, Gruyère AOP producers are also concerned about lower milk production. Breeders are now thinking of starting an early decline, that is, bringing the cows back to the plain. “The land is scorched. We have to make up for what’s missing by raising hay and water. It’s a lot of work for a minimal reward,” a breeder explains to the Swiss newspaper Le Temps.
In fact, there are endless PDO products that are affected by the drought, from the bouchot mussels from the Mont-Saint-Michel bay (lack of fresh water in the watercourses) to the Espelette peppers that tend to burn in this heat.
Source: BFM TV
