The French ready to support farmers to ensure a decent standard of living? This is certainly the teaching of Ifop poll to be published Sunday in South West. Thus, of 953 respondents July 20, 55% are willing to pay more, a percentage though declining since early 2012 (when they were 61%). The professions and senior executives are 71% to accept this effort, the perspective is less well received by employees and workers (43%)
The agreed incremental costs also remains marginal. 5 to 37% % of respondents, only 18% declaring that he would go up to 10% and 3% to a 15% increase (figures falling to 33%, 8% and 2% for employees and workers). Breeders who are demonstrating against the fall in agricultural prices and in recent days have blocked many roads, which led the government Wednesday announced an emergency plan to support financially.
Agreement on milk prices
Milk producers have obtained on Friday a minimum agreement of the other actors in the dairy sector to raise prices.
Wednesday, actors meat sectors promised to act on the prices paid to farmers.
A Council of Ministers of the EU Agriculture is scheduled on September 7 to discuss the livestock crisis.
(With Reuters)
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