MONTECAVOLO/MEDESANO, Italy — Fifty years ago, farmers in Italy's Emilia-Romagna region used to open the windows in their barns at night during the summer to keep their cattle cool.
An employee turns a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese on July 6 inside Credito Emiliano's Magazzini Generali delle Tagliate cheese vault amid a 30% surge in daily power use during the peak of the recent heat waves in Europe. The facility, which stores the aging wheels of cheese as collateral for low-interest loans to dairies, is in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
A person places wedges of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese into plastic trays on the GranTerre packing line, a process that requires extra climate control during the summer, in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
The barn manager wets freshly delivered fodder to keep it palatable for cows during extreme heat at the Bertinelli dairy farm in Medesano, Italy, on July 7.
A worker checks sealed portions of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the end of the automated line at Caseifici GranTerre, where management says extended heatwaves are adding to production costs, in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
Matteo Minnella, Reuters
A quality inspector taps wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for hidden flaws at Credito Emiliano's cheese-backed lending facility, where recent heatwaves have pushed daily power use up about 30%.
An employee turns a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese on July 6 inside Credito Emiliano's Magazzini Generali delle Tagliate cheese vault amid a 30% surge in daily power use during the peak of the recent heat waves in Europe. The facility, which stores the aging wheels of cheese as collateral for low-interest loans to dairies, is in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
A person places wedges of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese into plastic trays on the GranTerre packing line, a process that requires extra climate control during the summer, in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
The barn manager wets freshly delivered fodder to keep it palatable for cows during extreme heat at the Bertinelli dairy farm in Medesano, Italy, on July 7.
A quality inspector taps wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for hidden flaws at Credito Emiliano's cheese-backed lending facility, where recent heatwaves have pushed daily power use up about 30%.
A worker checks sealed portions of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese at the end of the automated line at Caseifici GranTerre, where management says extended heatwaves are adding to production costs, in Montecavolo di Quattro Castella, Italy.
