High-tension return to school on French farms

In Saint-Amans-des-Cots, in Aveyron, as in dozens of surrounding towns, the town entrance sign has been upside down for almost a year now. Although the summer was rather calm and the climate less dry this year in this livestock-raising region, there is no reason to remove one of the symbols of peasant anger, which paralyzed the major roads of France from last autumn to spring.

While the Court of Auditors recalled, this Tuesday, in a report on French poultry, the undeniable loss of competitiveness of one of the major agricultural sectors (nearly one in two French chickens consumed in the country is imported), this return to school is thus taking place under high tension.

Avoiding a new flare-up

With the political impasse dragging on, the time has come first to manage climate and health emergencies. A hot topic to avoid a new conflagration on farms. Due to excess water, the French soft wheat harvest in 2024 will show its…