Le Puy-en-Velay. "We are disgusted": farmers devastated after the adoption of the Duplomb law

"I am dismayed," "it's a disaster," "it's not a law for all farmers but for farmers." The adoption on Monday of the law by LR senator Laurent Duplomb is far from unanimous among the department's farmers . The text notably contains the reauthorization of acetamiprid, a pesticide from the neonicotinoid family that is highly toxic to pollinators, simplified access to plant protection products, the facilitation of the installation of mega-basin type water storage facilities as well as measures facilitating the expansion or creation of intensive livestock buildings.

The senator from Haute-Loire said he was "satisfied" with this adoption, "which will be good for agriculture. Because no one can say today that it is doing well." Before adding: "We had lost competitiveness, and thanks to my law, we will be able to remove constraints on competition."

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