All the operators in the dairy industry Friday, July 24 gathered around the minister of agriculture, Stéphane Le Foll, have agreed on an increase in milk prices until December. The prices at which farmers sell their milk will not fall below 340 euros for 1000 liters, to cover the costs of producers, announced Friday Beulin Xavier, president of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA).
This target represents an increase of 4 cents per liter of the rates being applied, and corresponds to the expectations of the farmers and the government before the meeting.
” The revaluation of prices will carry on specified goods and promote the French production “, Stéphane Le Foll said after the meeting. Its impact will be only “pennies” for consumers, he said. Supermarkets will therefore increase the prices of a number of defined product (commodity). The minister insisted that the increase is “whole reflected” for producers. “Each intermediary has its share of responsibility” he said.
Without calling for the suspension of movements of anger, Xavier Beulin a “stressed the very constructive spirit, seeking a durable solution until at least the end of the year “ participants. “This increase will allow us to cover our costs; it does not satisfy us but at least it allows “, said on his part the president of the federation of producers FNPL, Thierry Roquefeuil
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“put pressure” on transformers
The non-respect of the agreement for an increase in prices paid to producers from a similar roundtable in mid-June with the beef sector, is at the origin of the anger of farmers blocking several sites and cities across the country since Sunday. But many dairy farmers have also mobilized.
Friday, most of the dams have been removed. Protesters now prefer actions targeting supermarkets and dairies. At least four dairies were blocked and Friday morning in the Vendée and the English Channel by breeders who intended to pressure the transformers before the meeting organized in Paris around the agriculture minister
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The demonstrators also attack trucks from Germany or Spain to verify their cargo. The Spanish Government, through the voice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned Friday afternoon “aggression [...] suffered by trucks carrying three Spanish pork” .
