The tone was meant solemn. The head of state Francois Hollande launched Saturday, July 18 “a call for mass distribution” to improve the remuneration of farmers, some of which are in a difficult situation because of the current meat prices pork and beef, lower production costs.
The breeders of pigs and cattle, but dairy farmers have recently protested against the non-implementation in their view of the agreement under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture in June, supposed to raise prices. They feel that too low price of meat, pork as beef, do not allow them to cover their production costs. The average income of beef producers has dropped to about 12 000 per year in 2014, according to FNSEA.
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Hollande calls on supermarkets
“The farmers can not live that aid, there must be the price to pay” said Mr. Holland while traveling in Villefort (Lozère) just before going on a stage of the Tour de France.
“The big area have agreed to raise prices for there to be a support to producers. We will ensure that the agreement is respected, “ and ” that the French supply is everywhere privileged “
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“If you want that agriculture continues to live, not just survive, we must give it support” , said the president, “support is what can be done tax-easing constraints. “
Asked about the difficulty for consumers to pay for more expensive meat, the head of state said he understood ” the consumer, which is the cheapest and takes a product, even if it comes from far away, since it is cheaper, “. “We must provide information on the quality of the product, on security. It has a price “, he nevertheless justified.
Between 22,000 and 25,000 farms in difficulty
Many French farms are in great difficulty: “between 22,000 and 25,000″ the ministry of agriculture. The FNSEA President Xavier Beulin for his part said Thursday at an agricultural conference at the Senate that “400 pig farms were on the verge of bankruptcy” in the west of France.
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In response to these crises, “since February 20 in each department, we set up emergency cells “, said the Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll Friday and already ” 23 million euros “ were released to finance “Load the rebates, deferrals and erasures contribution MSA” -. the agricultural mutual
Measures that are not up to the challenges, however, believe professionals which require deeper action on the debt, estimated at around one billion euros, and the competitiveness of their industry.
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