Haro on breeders. While the agricultural orientation bill will be presented in September, which will set the course for the coming decades of agricultural France, the debate is violently resurfacing on the environmental impact of cattle breeding. And on the future of a flagship sector of French agriculture, which supports nearly 100,000 producers of cows, oxen or calves. On Monday, it was an unexpected report from the Court of Auditors that ignited the powder. In an in-depth study, he highlights an implacable observation: with nearly 12% of the 445 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, livestock farming is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. And if it improves its balance by storing carbon in the grasslands that feed its animals, its environmental impact remains largely negative. Above all, if the 17 million animals of the French herd fill the plates of the French, with a self-sufficiency estimated at 95%, they no longer fill ...
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