THE selling price are always at the heart of the concerns of farmers.
Last Saturday, the prefect du Puy-de-Dôme responded to the invitation from the FNSEA 63 and JA 63 to meet the farmersa week before the national call to mobilisation this Friday. On the heights of Saint-Agathe, in the Dore-Bois-Noir, the first senior official of the department was able to take the pulse of the field, almost 10 months after the January mobilizations.
Despite the implementation of a certain number of things since then, in the farmyard the first of the concerns which is the prix has not disappeared, or even evolved. The prospect of a possible signing of Mercosur is not made to soothe moods, not to mention the health context.
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Sales prices still problematic
At Gaec Rigaud, as with many others, thebreeding is a passion but for Denis and his wife, it is out of the question to leave their son a tool that is as unlivable as it is not very viable.
With 180 suckling cows of Salers breed, breeders try as best they can to promote the fruit of their hard work. Some animals are traded in direct salesothers go to Italy for fattening and a small number are valued in Label Rouge. « It is the most profitable. » However, this latter market responds to reduced demand compared to exports.
A few years ago, the Rigaud family found its benefit in this organization but theexplosion of charges turned the tide. “ The production cost is €6/kg while they buy them from us for €5/kg. Once again, it is only in agriculture that we have the right to sell at a loss » underlines Denis.
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A desire to move forward
THE agricultural professionals have been asserting for many years that the selling price is in inequality with the production costs like the biased balance of power between the producersTHE transformers and the distributors. « Downstream keeps us alive with a price always lower than €0.80/kg compared to production cost indicators » annoys David Chaize, elected to the FNSEA 63 which calls for the application of the Egalim law.
A speech widely echoed by David Chauve, secretary general of the FRSEA :
The Egalim law, and particularly in recent months, has made it possible to lift taboos but the account is still not there. We are aware that we cannot sweep away 40 years of commercial organization with one hand, but at some point, we will have to act..
According to Sabine Tholoniat, president of the FNSEA 63« not much is missing to get your nose out of the water “. Henri Ferret, president of AND 63assures him: “ Generational renewal of farms will not happen and we will then be faced with a problem of food sovereignty ».
Local supply for collective catering
More locally, the farmers invited the prefect to put more pressure on collective catering to source locally. To which Joël Mathurin responded with the promise of organizing round tables with the City of Clermont, Agrilocal… to relaunch the PAT* in particular.
The prefect also specified that, within the framework ofEgalim180 establishments, nationally, were inspected during the year on the Frenchization of products. Finally, in mid-December, an inter-service meeting will be organized with the agricultural managers on single control.
* Territorial Food Plans
