The production of Salers AOP cheese suspended in France due to drought

From August 12, the producers of Salers AOP cheese will suspend their production, for lack of being able to give enough grass to the cows, indicates the president of the AOP to the newspaper La Montagne. We must "respect the consumer" explains the latter, while grazing to satiety is part of the specifications to claim the appellation of this Cantal cheese. The fault obviously with the historical drought which affects France and which 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. Salers is not the only cheese threatened. In Switzerland, Gruyère AOP producers are also worried about the lower milk production. Breeders are now thinking of initiating an early descent, that is to say, bringing the cows back down to the plain. "The land is charred. We have to make up for what is missing by raising ...