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

Nadia Schärli
Summer heat - cooling off in the pigsty
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.