Pascal Deshayes, President of Coordination Rurale 54 (Photo CR54)

Pascal Deshayes, President of Coordination Rurale 54 (Photo CR54)

The president of Coordination Rurale 54: “They have nothing left to lose”.

Pascal Deshayes, President of the Coordination Rurale de Meurthe-et-Moselle, explains the reasons behind French farmers’ bloodbath: drought, floods, crop failures, epizootic diseases, unfair competition from foreign producers, and insane middlemen’s margins. “60% of farms have no cash flow”, he says. Interview.

Tractors in Paris on the eve of the Salon de l'agriculture (tweet capture @LucAuffret)

Tractors in Paris on the eve of the Salon de l'agriculture (tweet capture @LucAuffret)

The Salon de l’Agriculture 2024 opens amid controversy

The tractors in the streets of Paris bear witness to the high level of anger among farmers on the eve of the opening of the 60ᵉ Salon de l’Agriculture. The FNSEA declines the French president’s invitation to a debate in the presence of Soulèvements de la Terre.