French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and Minister of Agriculture Stephane Travert (G) visit a farm in Aurieres on January 25, 2018.

The Agricultural Show Opens its Doors, Farming in France at the Dawn of its Revolution

The agricultural show opens its doors Saturday, February 24. Emmanuel Macron will visit the largest farm in France, in a context of tension with farmers. Summoned to reinvent an agricultural model pointed out by the executive, the farming community, weakened by several successive crises, has an appointment with its future, Saturday 24th February during the inauguration of […]

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Milk crisis continues with the producers out in protest in Cotes d'Armor

Milk crisis: Breeders show their Anger in the Cotes d’Armor

The price of milk has dropped significantly in recent months. While the agricultural show in full swing now in Paris, the producers of Cotes d’Armor in anger began to punch action in the Cotes d’Armor. Events are currently pending before several hypermarkets in the department. Especially in Guingamp, Dinan and Lamballe. The protests began Sunday […]

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Sales of pesticides in France fell for the first time since 2008

Pesticides in France: Sales Fell for the First Time Since 2008

Sales of pesticides in France to farmers fell by 2.7% in France between 2014 and 2015, the first decline since the launch of a government plan in 2008 to reduce the use of pesticides. This “reverse curve” is “a point that we want to continue and strengthen,” said Stephane Le Foll at a press conference. The […]

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The Mayenne is concerned about the prospect of the contamination from Bird flu

Mayenne: Feared Contamination from Bird Flu

Since the recent discovery of the H5N8 virus carriers wild ducks in the Channel, the commotion combat redoubles in Mayenne department briefing. “All birds, including backyard individuals, must be kept indoors” remind the veterinary services of the DDCSPP 53! What is the problem? Following the discovery of several outbreaks of avian influenza (H5N8) highly pathogenic […]

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22 cows die after an overdose of cereals after escaping from their enclosure

Loire Atlantique: 22 Cows Die from an Overdose of Cereals

Blow to a farmer in Couëron, Loire-Atlantique. His forty-six cows escaped from their enclosure, were force-fed grain. Twenty-two have died. Helpless, helpless, Anthony Vaillant has seen them fall, one after the other. Between Sunday, September 18 and Wednesday 21, the organic dairy farmer, installed in Couëron, in the Loire Atlantique region, lost twenty-two cows from […]

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19 hay bales caught fire at a farm in Louisfert near Chateaubriant

19 Round Hay Bales Caught Fire in Louisfert, this Sunday, September 4th

Around 10.30am, this Sunday, 4th September, firefighters were called to put out 19 round hay bales in flames in Louisfert at a farm … At around 10.30am, this Sunday, 4th September, 19 round hay bales were on fire at a farm in the agriculture grouping joint business (GAEC) Cone, located at a place called The Brechetais […]

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The mayors of the Mayenne are sounding their concern with the Milk Crisis

Milk Crisis: The Mayors of Mayenne Sounding the Alarm

Sunday, August 28, at 8.15pm, nine mayors of the department met with Frédéric calves, Prefect of Mayenne, to express their concern about the crisis facing farmers. The meeting was decided in Sunday. Around Alain Dilis, president of the Association of Mayors of Mayenne and mayor of Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer they are eight to have made the trip […]

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The justice department is investigating the illegal workers on farms in Southern France

Thousands of South American “slaves” in farms in Southern France

Thousands of South American agricultural workers could be working illegally in the south of France … For a year, French judges are investigating a Spanish company, Terra Fecundis on the grounds that it could be working at very low cost and in disregard of social rules with thousands of South Americans working illegally in the […]

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Sheep stolen from a farm near Nantes

Nantes: A Dozen Stolen Sheep on a Farm in Couëron

Twelve animals were stolen in the night from Saturday to Sunday … The farm site is equipped with an alarm and cameras,  yet this Sunday, a couple of farmers at Couëron had the unpleasant surprise to see a dozen of their sheep were missing, report Presse Océan and Ouest-France. The value of these sheep, is estimated […]

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