HealthAn immunocompromised patient in eastern France has died after the first recorded human infection with Shamonda virus, until now known only in livestock; authorities say no risk to the general public has been identified.
EnvironmentHigh diesel and gas prices since the war in Iran cut French emissions 4.1% in the first half of 2026, Citepa says, but France needs about 5% a year to halve emissions by 2030 from 1990 levels.
LivestockThe French government will pay the interest on up to €2 billion of farm loans for fodder, fertiliser and other inputs after record heatwaves and drought damaged crops and pastures, on top of €1.3 billion in emergency aid.
AgrotechParis microalgae startup Edonia will open an industrial plant in Brittany for Edo, a mince of spirulina cooked in oil, after securing €30m in pre-orders from 20 food companies.
CropsThe farm ministry granted an emergency exemption against grass weeds that its own safety agency twice refused; environmental groups are going to court.
France's agriculture ministry forecasts a third straight fall in 2026; Burgundy's Maison Louis Latour picked half a normal crop after starting its earliest-ever harvest on 14 August, and with demand weak growers are pulling vines for a EUR 4,000-a-hectare grant.
The minority stake, part of Océalia's Cap 2030 plan, backs a camera-and-LIDAR robot that weeds maize, sunflower and rapeseed mechanically, with cost parity against €35-85-a-hectare chemical weeding as the target.
French farmers took hundreds of tractors down the Champs-Élysées to the parliament building in Paris over the EU-Mercosur trade deal and other grievances.
Kazi Enayet Ullah recalls a family Christmas in the mountains of northwest Spain and Tony, the dog who has become a companion in all their joys and sorrows.
