Everything we warned of 30 years ago is coming true, said Damien Brunelle, a farmer of cereals and other crops in the Aisne region northeast of Paris. Our countryside is emptying. Everything we buy has gone up," Bruelle said.
Prices also soared for other inputs that underpin intensive farming, notably fertilizers. French farmers were already struggling to compete in the increasingly globalized economy.
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