The summer of 2018 was extremely warm. Heat and drought made its impact on both nature and agriculture and according to scientists, the frequency of summers like this one is likely to increase. When the grass is yellow, the cows haven’t had enough to eat. It has forced ecological farmers to slaughter their cows much earlier than previously. In a span of 5-6 weeks during the summer of 2018, Danish Crown (largest slaughterhouse and meat processing company of Denmark), registered almost a doubling in the number of slaughters, compared to the previous timeframe the year before. The high amount of early slaughters means an increase in prices the following year. On the picture: A slaughtered cow. Source: Danish Crown