In the near future, France risks facing shortages of beef and milk. François BOUCHON/Le Figaro
DECRYPTION – On the eve of the Rennes Animal Production Show, the agricultural world is worried about the future.
Increasingly frequent climatic hazards, rising costs, difficulties in finding buyers, distrust of society… Multiple sources of anxiety for breeders weigh down the sky of agriculture. Enough to fuel the reflection and discussions of the round tables at the Rennes Animal Production Show, Space, which begins this Tuesday, for three days, at the Rennes exhibition center, in the heart of the French dairy basin. Brittany is also a major region for pig and poultry farming. Methanization, agrivoltaismsolar trackers… the theme of energy is in the spotlight of this 37th edition, which will be inaugurated in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau.
This is an area that farmers are beginning to appropriate to diversify their income in order to better weather the crisis. “Livestock breeding, particularly cattle, is a sector undergoing rapid change, as were the steel industry and shipbuilding in their time.explains Eddy Fougier, expert consultant…
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