The use of benfluralin, an active ingredient which fights against invasive weeds, is in fact only permitted by the European Union until May 12, just before sowing. “Farmers are no longer taking the bait of political promises that don’t come to fruition,” Arnaud Rousseau, president of the FNSEA, warned on Thursday.
‘Despite our various meetings with the delegate minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher, our sector is still on borrowed time, ’ complains Pierre Varlet, general director of the Association of Endive Producers.