Producers take to the streets protesting against EU agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) — Czech farmers dumped manure in front of the government’s office, blocked Prague streets with tractors and taunted the country’s farm minister earlier this month as they renewed protests demanding more help and a halt to cheap imports to the European Union. Farmers across the EU have taken to the streets […] Read moreTag Archives protest
Farmers air grievances by taking to the streets
Farmers’ protests across the European Union aim to press leaders for more help with taxes, rising costs, cheap imports and bureaucracy. In most countries, farmers say they are not paid enough, are choked by taxes, red tape and excessive environmental rules and are harmed by cheap food imports. Large amounts of imports from Ukraine, for […] Read more
French farmers press government for action
Highways blocked and hay bales set on fire as producers demand more support as well as restrictions on cheap imports
JOSSIGNY, France (Reuters) — Farmers set bales of hay ablaze to partly block access to Toulouse airport in southwestern France Jan. 30 and parked tractors across highways near Paris as they lobbied the government for help to make a living from their work. Farmers, who also want measures against cheap imports, are looking for more […] Read more
India raises wheat purchase price by 2 percent, farmers disappointed
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Indian farmers, who have been protesting for months against three new agricultural laws, said on Wednesday the government’s move to raise state-mandated price for new season wheat is not enough to cover the cost of cultivation. For more than eight months, tens of thousands of farmers have camped on […] Read more
Turkey protest ruffles feathers
Farmer outrage is common after a group of animal rights activists held a protest Sept. 2 at a Fort Macleod, Alta., turkey operation. Many are demanding stricter laws to protect farms and farmers from similar invasive actions and insisting that charges be laid against activists who invade private property. About 90 people entered the Jumbo […] Read more
Protesters’ goal is to end animal agriculture
Angel Chen was horrified at what she saw as a participant in a Sept. 2 protest at the Jumbo Valley turkey operation near Fort Macleod, Alta. She was among 30 animal rights activists who entered a turkey barn to observe conditions and promote transparency about the treatment of livestock. “Even though it was a free […] Read more
Barn invasion shakes farmers’ sense of security
FORT MACLEOD, Alta. — A worker at the Jumbo Valley Colony turkey farm was going about his business Sept. 2, checking each of the nine barns for adequate feed and water to supply some 30,000 turkeys. He opened the door to one barn and found about 30 people seated along the walls holding signs and […] Read more
Failing to act in trespass cases is irresponsible
Freedom of speech and freedom to protest does not equal the freedom to illegally enter farms, to take animals, to threaten or incite violence or to wreak emotional havoc on farmers. But that is happening, and farmers have seen repeatedly that they cannot depend on legal authorities to prosecute law-breakers when protesters invade their properties. […] Read more
