Milan Kolarski of the Fischereiverein Neuhausen am Rheinfall Association fills fish he found dead in the Rhine River into a box in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland will cut import tariffs on livestock feed and offer interest-free loans to help farmers deal with a drought, the federal government said on Monday, amid a heat wave that is killing off fish in the Rhine.
The tariff on imports of hay and silo maize would be brought down to zero from three Swiss francs per 100 kg, a spokesman for the federal agriculture agency said.
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