Unfavorable weather, illnesses, threats of Chinese taxes… Almost a year after the farmers’ revolt, an entire profession is sinking into bitterness.
In Saintes
« My neighbor, a farmer aged 54 years old, put himself at the end of a rope three weeks ago. An important farm, no one saw it coming »laments Alexandre Agat without detailing the inner workings of this gesture. « The context doesn’t get any better… The harvests are poor the treasuries are dry »only summarizes the vice-president of the FDSEA (Departmental Federation of Farmers’ Unions) of Charente-Maritime.
Last winter, this cereal grower led the agricultural revolt in the department and contained as best he could the anger of his colleagues at the roadblocks. The months passed with their share of promises, most of which were dampened by the dissolution of the National Assembly and the indefinite postponement of a law dedicated to agriculture.
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