After weeks of sweltering heat and drought, farmers and analysts fear France's maize crop could be down by a third this year – making it the smallest in 35 years. Poultry farmers are also counting their losses as many as 3 million broiler chickens died within a few days in in June. The damage is a result of three heatwaves that have already hit France this year, and is only set to intensify as climate change disrupts agriculture across Europe.
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