A pig farm in Ploneour-Lanvern, August 11, 2015 (AFP / Fred Tanneau) 
“An ultimatum was put to the state for an urgent response by the next quotation of this MPB Thursday, August 13″, said the FDSEA and the Young Farmers of Finistère in a statement Wednesday.
But the crisis, relaunched Monday in the pork sector by Cooperl and Bigard, two industrial denouncing the high price that was asked in June to compensate hog producers, threatens to leave on Wednesday evening . all livestock sectors, who knows many angry demonstrations since the beginning of June
“The farmers have shown in recent weeks their cohesion; without a firm and timely government arbitration, they will not hesitate to go further … “, said the farmers FRSEA Brittany, Loire Valley and Normandy, across all livestock sectors, in a statement calling for a joint press conference in Rennes on Monday.
They claim “pure application and hard commitments made in June and July to upgrade the producer prices” in all livestock production.
The lack of market Cooperl Monday Breton (MPB) in Plérin (Côtes d’Armor), combined with that of Bigard, a number of meat in France, led to the suspension of classes usually set twice a week, Monday and Thursday.
Pointing distortions of competition with other pig production areas in Europe, the Cooperl explains that “today between 0.28 French courses (pork) of the German course, 0.38 euro over the Dutch. ” Wednesday night, the Cooperl and Bigard, which represent 30% of hog purchases at MPB, camped on their positions. The National Union of the meat industry (SNIV-SNCP), which had already spoken on behalf of Bigard Monday reiterated Wednesday that “the action of these two groups is only to denounce a disconnected political price economic reality of the European market “but they source” exclusively born and bred pigs in France “
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When contacted late afternoon Wednesday market direction Plérin stated: “the market is prepared as a normal Thursday although Cooperl has indicated that it would not be there tomorrow.” But, they added, there was no basis to know if there will be listed or not.
The professional organization Coop de France Wednesday brought “its full support to the Cooperl” because “force is that, in the pig industry, many of our industrial customers who do not participate in this effort revaluation “.
Beulin Xavier, President of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) made a speech in Lyon, July 23, 2015 (AFP / File / Philippe Desmazes)
Meanwhile, the E.Leclerc stores, Intermarché and Casino, as well as Auchan and Système U indicated Tuesday and Wednesday they would continue to support the price of pork, maintaining their Buy position at € 1.40 per kilo.
The Federation of Commerce and Distribution (FCD), which represents the predominantly food commerce businesses, also reiterated the commitment of stores in “accept a strong appreciation of prices of the products they buy from bovine industries, swine and dairy.”
The Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll, announced the holding of a round table late August.
For the President of the Cooperl Patrice Drillet, we must ” accept, if there is no social harmonization in Europe, that States can offset some of the differential (in prices) in their territory. “
Meanwhile, President the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA), Xavier Beulin, asked on RTL that “the European Commission and the European Council of Ministers, without waiting for September 7, may take exceptional measures to support market clearance courses “.
” Europe must understand that we can not have agriculture, a European breeding if we continue to have a Europe that is played against each others, ” said for his part on i-TELE President of the National Assembly Claude Bartolone (PS).
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