Extreme heat is squeezing Italy's "cheese banks", the climate-controlled vaults in Emilia-Romagna where hundreds of thousands of Parmigiano Reggiano wheels sit as collateral for farm loans, pushing up energy bills and thinning the milk supply that fills them.

Extreme heat is straining the vaults that hold Parmigiano wheels as loan collateral, and economists say the damage runs wider than the vault

Algunas entidades financieras ofrecen la posibilidad de que productores locales los almacenen y obtengan ganancias por adelantado; las altas temperaturas complican las bóvedas…