Leaning against his sheep's enclosure, Didier Fournier looks worried. Of a less than affable nature, the operator pours out his troubles, testifying to the concern which he “twists the stomach as soon as you wake up”. This 38-year-old Salers cow and sheep breeder, who has been living in Vaulmier, in Cantal, for ten years, is no longer able to make a living from his work. In question, “the explosion of costs over the past two years”, coupled with bluetongue (BCF), which killed around twenty of his animals in one year and which is still plaguing his herd. “If this continues, in a year I will be finished, sighs the father of two children. The problem is that there are thousands of us in distress, but instead of being united we are divided. »
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For the farmer, who is sorry to attend, the crisis sweeping through the agricultural world is coupled with a “squabble and [d’une] union overbidding »which he explains by professional elections, farmers being called to elect, from January 15 to 31, their representatives in 88 departmental and two regional chambers of agriculture. A crucial vote which could reshape the local and national balances between agricultural unions for the next six years.
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