It did not escape farmers in the south of Vendée that three unions, the National Federation of Agricultural Trade Unions (FNSEA), Young Farmers (JA) and Rural Coordination, were calling for new agricultural demonstrations from November 15, 2024. Last winter, the months of January and February were marked by numerous actions in our sector: tractor parades in the city center, opening of trucks delivering to the U logistics platform in Fontenay-le- Comte or Fleury Michon in Mouilleron-Saint-Germain, blocking of the Leclerc car park…
Agricultural anger is still brewing, but in addition, the season has been marked by weather conditions making the work very complicated. As for the previous government's promises, “the announcements made were never validated and since then, there has been a change of government”, says Bertrand Mittard, farmer in Fontenay-le-Comte and responsible for the FDSEA Vendée.
“They laughed at us”
“We won a little, but in the end we…
