Dozens of farmers in tractors marched Thursday to the Oise prefecture in Beauvais and the sub-prefectures in Compiègne and Senlis. The FDSEA union wanted to “keep up the pressure” before the Agricultural Show which opens Saturday.

At midday, the Oises prefecture counted around 80 tractors in front of its premises in BeauVAis. According to the FDSEA, some 400 farmers mobilized from 11:00 a.m. for snail operations.