Drought Is Parching Crops Across Southern Europe for Second Year

  • Spain faces drought in 60% of its countryside; Italy also dry
  • Late plantings could reduce crop production: Confagricoltura

Parched ground at the Bosque Metropolitano city forest site in Madrid on April 4.

Photographer: Emilio Parra Doiztua/Bloomberg
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A dry spell is wilting crops and delaying plantings in some of Europe’s top produce growers, risking a further run-up in food inflation.