The shortage barometer

« We need to count and quantify the situation so it can be raised nationally. » That is what yard owners have been asking for since the summer. Every request posted here is a line in that count, and it is located. This page is yours to take, print and attach to a letter.

This table is an estimate, and it must be presented as oneIt adds up voluntary declarations converted into tonnes from orders of magnitude (a round bale ≈ 280 kg, a small bale ≈ 18 kg). It is not an exhaustive count: it only sees those who came and posted. Presented as an estimate it stands up to any agricultural adviser; presented as an exact figure it falls apart in a minute.

146

🆘 requests posted

2120

📉 tonnes missing

132

🌾 tonnes available

🗺️ counties

🌍 Country

⬇️ Export (CSV)

County

Forage SOS, France, as of 20/10/2026. Self-declared data.

County	Requests	Missing (est.)	Offers	Available (est.)	Most urgent
78 Yvelines	2	508,4 t	0	0,0 t	10 days
31 Haute-Garonne	1	112,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
21 Côte-d’Or	6	108,8 t	0	0,0 t	7 days
67 Bas-Rhin	8	102,0 t	0	0,0 t	20 days
82 Tarn-et-Garonne	1	84,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
09 Ariège	5	81,5 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
52 Haute-Marne	2	81,2 t	0	0,0 t	—
87 Haute-Vienne	7	73,0 t	0	0,0 t	15 days
56 Morbihan	3	56,0 t	0	0,0 t	15 days
25 Doubs	2	46,0 t	0	0,0 t	25 days
19 Corrèze	2	45,0 t	0	0,0 t	60 days
88 Vosges	5	43,0 t	0	0,0 t	1 days
91 Essonne	1	40,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
54 Meurthe-et-Moselle	3	39,8 t	0	0,0 t	10 days
45 Loiret	3	39,6 t	0	0,0 t	8 days
53 Mayenne	2	34,0 t	0	0,0 t	90 days
49 Maine-et-Loire	2	33,6 t	1	56,0 t	20 days
68 Haut-Rhin	4	32,2 t	0	0,0 t	10 days
57 Moselle	5	30,5 t	0	0,0 t	1 days
76 Seine-Maritime	1	30,0 t	0	0,0 t	3 days
74 Haute-Savoie	4	27,0 t	0	0,0 t	15 days
17 Charente-Maritime	3	25,6 t	0	0,0 t	50 days
28 Eure-et-Loir	2	23,8 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
63 Puy-de-Dôme	3	23,2 t	0	0,0 t	10 days
03 Allier	2	22,8 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
77 Seine-et-Marne	3	22,3 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
35 Ille-et-Vilaine	1	21,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
66 Pyrénées-Orientales	2	18,4 t	0	0,0 t	20 days
39 Jura	4	18,2 t	1	75,6 t	30 days
61 Orne	2	18,2 t	0	0,0 t	15 days
71 Saône-et-Loire	3	18,0 t	0	0,0 t	7 days
42 Loire	1	16,8 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
18 Cher	1	16,8 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
16 Charente	2	16,7 t	0	0,0 t	120 days
64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques	3	15,7 t	0	0,0 t	5 days
38 Isère	1	15,0 t	0	0,0 t	90 days
60 Oise	1	15,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
30 Gard	3	13,0 t	0	0,0 t	4 days
33 Gironde	5	12,9 t	0	0,0 t	7 days
27 Eure	2	12,8 t	0	0,0 t	—
34 Hérault	5	12,3 t	0	0,0 t	7 days
89 Yonne	2	11,9 t	0	0,0 t	1 days
65 Hautes-Pyrénées	3	11,8 t	0	0,0 t	1 days
44 Loire-Atlantique	2	11,1 t	0	0,0 t	4 days
83 Var	1	8,4 t	0	0,0 t	—
32 Gers	2	7,2 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
37 Indre-et-Loire	2	7,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
59 Nord	1	7,0 t	0	0,0 t	10 days
55 Meuse	1	5,6 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
72 Sarthe	1	5,6 t	1	0,4 t	20 days
84 Vaucluse	1	5,6 t	0	0,0 t	15 days
85 Vendée	1	5,6 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
36 Indre	1	5,6 t	0	0,0 t	—
14 Calvados	1	5,6 t	0	0,0 t	—
41 Loir-et-Cher	2	5,0 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
70 Haute-Saône	1	4,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
95 Val-d’Oise	1	2,2 t	0	0,0 t	—
11 Aude	2	2,0 t	0	0,0 t	—
23 Creuse	1	1,8 t	0	0,0 t	5 days
40 Landes	1	1,1 t	0	0,0 t	30 days
79 Deux-Sèvres	1	0,3 t	0	0,0 t	12 days

Who to take these figures to

Under the French CASI plan (climate, adaptation, drought, fires), an emergency fund, the agricultural rearmament fund, supports the worst-affected farms, including to finance the purchase of animal feed and forage.
The IFCE states that the horse sector, as an agricultural sector, is fully eligible for this scheme, but that eligibility is not automatic and depends on the criteria set in each county. Contact your county agricultural directorate (DDT) and your regional equestrian committee.

Source: IFCE, « Drought and forage shortage: what solutions for equestrian businesses? », 7 October 2026.

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