Since 2023, the European Union has required that part of the arable land on each farm be left fallow continuously. A measure presented by Brussels as essential to preserve… biodiversity.
Farmers are keeping up the pressure. Agricultural unions continued to make their demands heard on Monday January 29 by blocking highways in the Paris region for the first time. The EU offers two options to farmers to respect this 4% non-productive area rule. “A farmer can therefore respond to Brussels’ demand without setting a single plot fallow,” says Aurélie Catallo.