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Just returned from Caen, where he met farmers, the Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll brought together Tuesday, July 21 in the evening for an hour and a half, agricultural officials and farmers to introduce them Francis Amand report Ombudsperson on prices of beef and pork.
Three major findings stand out from this progress report, commissioned by the Department to monitor the implementation or not of recovery decisions rates determined with the die 17 June: prices increase occurred in the pig industry, it is more mixed for beef and financial position of French breeding weighing on competitiveness
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shared Fear
About pork, there has been an increase in the market dial Plérin (Côtes d’Armor) to arrive at a purchase price of around breeders from 1.38 to 1.40 euro per kilogram. “ We are close to the target set, notes Stéphane Le Foll. Operators have fully played the game, others followed. “
” This situation is fragile, must be taken in time ‘, however, warns Minister, because if the summer is conducive to high prices, Due to the increase of consumption, she relapsed in the fall.
This fear is shared by the president of the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA), Xavier Beulin. Especially, it emphasizes that the objective of a price of 1.40 euros per kilo “is not yet sufficient.”
” For once, retail is in the nails “
For beef, the situation is much more contrasted. “Half the way things were made” , laments Mr. Beulin after reading the report. To date, the increase was 10 cents per kilogram, about 20 cents expected. “The situation is heterogeneous, enterprises play the game, others not,” added the president of the FNSEA, without naming names. “The impact of the price increase is insufficient” , he said.
Unlike pork, where the market is centralized, that of beef is more fragmented on the territory. “Some operators work properly, others slip through the cracks,” deplores Jean-Pierre Fleury, president of the Fédération nationale bovine (FNB ).
“For once, retail is in the nails. There is a diversity in the slaughter on the territory and we will do the housework among companies “ prevents the head of the ETF.
” We’re going to active surveillance, “ adds Thomas Diemer, President of the Young Farmers, saying ” stay mobilized on the territory “. Among retailers, manufacturers and slaughterers “we’ll tell you who the good students and bad students.”
Stéphane Le Foll, it is however not question of responsibility include . “I will not participate in the designation of anyone in this debate, we are not here to refer to the vengeance anyone,” he reacts, wanting above all to preserve the unity of the industry out of the crisis.
A meeting of all stakeholders is planned Wednesday, July 22 in the afternoon, after the submission of an emergency plan for breeding in cabinet.
Focus on debt relief
The report emphasizes the weight of indebtedness of farmers. For Mr Le Foll, so the priority is to restructure and reduce these debts, especially those contracted with suppliers often exceed the amounts due to banks.
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On the other hand, to raise tariffs, the idea is to promote French meat by giving it a specific logo. “This qualitative strategy,” the minister said, should be approved by the consumer, who would be ready “ to make a little effort” and pay more.
Among other tracks, the ministry is considering a common platform for farmers to go together on the export market. This should come soon because “ must organize to meet global demand.”
Finally ranchers and farmers could be associated with the energy transition.
“ For an entire sector is mobilized, it takes some time, “ the minister recognizes facing the urgency of the situation, while the head of the FNSEA emphasizes the seriousness of the crisis. “ When the head of state speaks twice in a few days, it proves that the situation is serious enough, and it is expected that other things of scoops.”
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