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Summer heat (News 2016, by Nadia Schärli) - Swiss Press Award

Summer heat - cooling off in the pigsty
Summer heat - cooling off in the pigsty
Photo / News
2016

Summer heat

Nadia Schärli

LUCERNE Lucerne farmers are struggling with the heat: Pigs need showers and potatoes need sorting. The canton has already imposed a water ban. This sow is enjoying it: Every day, she and her fellow sows on farmer Kurt Helfenstein's farm in Sempach receive a refreshing shower. For some cows, however, water and feed supplies are becoming increasingly scarce.

Neue Luzerner Zeitung

Photo / News
2016

Nadia Schärli

LUCERNE Lucerne farmers are struggling with the heat: Pigs need showers and potatoes need sorting. The canton has already imposed a water ban. This sow is enjoying it: Every day, she and her fellow sows on farmer Kurt Helfenstein's farm in Sempach receive a refreshing shower. For some cows, however, water and feed supplies are becoming increasingly scarce.

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