The surge in fuel prices is also very much felt on farms. The price of GNR, the non-road diesel used by tractors in particular, has doubled. And companies can’t keep up. This is what came to demonstrate last night in front of the prefecture in Tulle about forty farmers at the call of the rural coordination.
Less sowing or less harvesting
The calculation is easy to do. “For an operation in France, you need about 15,000 liters of diesel per year” says Amélie Rebière. Fuel is therefore an average cost of 30,000 euros per year now compared to 15,000 last year. An incompressible load: “We are completely dependent on diesel. Whether it’s to feed the animals, to do the work in the fields”. some like him won’t be able to run the tractor for all there is to do. “Many of us are going to have to make choices. So if we can’t harvest or sow, it’s already going to be complicated for the animals”
Farms in danger
And for us too adds the farmer who thinks that shortages on our shelves cannot be ruled out. Especially since many agricultural productions are also impacted by other increases, underlines Jean-Pierre Rebière breeder in Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort. “This increase in fuels is correlated with an increase in fertilizers and raw materials”. So yes, farms are in danger said the demonstrators this Thursday evening. They are therefore asking for emergency aid, in particular to be able to benefit from tax exemptions like fishermen. They are also demanding volumes of fuel at guaranteed prices. A delegation was received by the prefecture.