"This year, there is no more grass growing": since the beginning of the summer, the North of France, like the rest of the country, has suffered a record drought. Gilles Durlin's 80 dairy cows should be grazing in the fields, but the grass is toast, yellowed by the sun. The farmer is using up his winter fodder stocks, a short-term solution that may force him to sell his cows because he cannot feed them. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES