One of worst droughts in decades devastates South Europe crops

Italian Olive Oil producer Francesco Suatoni walks in his olive plantation in Amelia, central Italy June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

ROME/MADRID (Reuters) - Italian durum wheat and dairy farmer Attilio Tocchi saw warning signs during the winter of the dramatic drought to come at his holding a mile away from the Tuscan coast.

"When it still hadn't rained at the beginning of spring we realised it was already irreparable," he said, adding that he had installed fans to try and cool his cows that were suffering in the heat.