Juliette Mély // Photo credit: Stephane Mouchmouche / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 6:23 a.m., March 2, 2024
Seventh day at the Salon de l'Agriculture, Porte de Versailles, and the time has come to take stock for the exhibitors.
The show closes its doors on Sunday and the stakes were very high for them this year.
Especially in the midst of a period of mobilization in the agricultural world.
The 2024 Agricultural Show is soon coming to an end.
It's time for all exhibitors to take stock of this 60th edition.
Surrounded by small pots of honey and gingerbread, Anaïs, a beekeeper in the Jura, gives an initial assessment of the Show.
For her, it was a bit of a last chance operation.
“We are quite satisfied with the Show. It worked well”
“Not all the honey produced last year was sold. So, we find ourselves with very large stocks: 12 tonnes of honey.”
And this is because of honey imports from Eastern countries and resold at knockdown prices in supermarkets.
The Fair made it possible to save the furniture, according to the beekeeper: "We are quite satisfied with the Fair. It worked well, we sold a lot of small pots of honey."
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This year, agricultural unrest was the hallmark of the show, explains Maxime, a goat breeder: "We have demands, we have agricultural unrest which affects us all with suicides every two days. In the countryside, it's noise, it hurts all the young people who want to settle down.”
In the midst of an agricultural crisis, Paul-Adrien, a breeder in the Landes, noticed a surge of solidarity from visitors: “We felt a lot of fervor from the public. Even when we were cleaning the animals, there were people who stopped to ask us questions. We were told 'go ahead and continue what you're doing', it warms our hearts yes."
After the show, if the demands are not heard, Paul-Adrien assures him, he will return to his tractor to continue the mobilization.