Agricultural entrepreneurs in Mayenne organized a snail operation this Monday, March 21, 2022 around Laval to denounce rising fuel prices and government indifference. These contractors are contractors, employed by farmers for their labor and machinery. There are 1,100 in Mayenne in 160 companies.
“If we’re on the street today, it’s to sound the alarm“, explains David Lecomte, president of the agricultural entrepreneurs of Mayenne. “It’s catastrophic. We are on the edge of the abyss“, he assures. The rise in the price of fuel “makes our treasuries run out“, says David Lecomte. And just like road hauliers, fuel is one of their main expenses. “It’s between 30 and 40% of our expenses, knowing that it has increased by 230% lately“, plague the Mayenne entrepreneur.
Fuel price cap
The purpose of this maneuver is to alert politicians and ask for help from the State through the abolition of the domestic consumption tax on energy products and above all, the capping of fuel prices “at 80 cents. It is the most important. We can no longer afford to have such significant increases.” “Fishermen are helped, farmers too, we are the forgotten links in the resilience plan”, adds Jean Michel, agricultural entrepreneur in Nord-Mayenne. David Lecomte is fatalistic: “If this continues, we won’t be in the summer anymore.”