Working tirelessly, seven days a week, without being able to hire or pay a salary, the dairy producer “has the rage and even the hatred” of being on the brink of the abyss.
“It hurts my heart to work so much and be so poorly paid.”
Like many farmers, his main problem remains cash flow.
“I have debts that keep me from sleeping and yet I am still obliged to invest to meet the specifications of modern breeding.
It’s schizophrenic,” confides the breeder from Villers-Saint-Sépulcre, in Oise.
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Impossible for the forty-year-old to hire.
Fabien is alone to take care of his 200 cows, spread over two different sites.
His elderly and sick parents still help him a little, but until when?
For this family of farmers, a dark cloud hangs over the future.
“I'm afraid he'll file for bankruptcy, but after a while you have to be realistic,” confides his mother, on the verge of tears.
“I dreamed that my son could succeed us, but I never imagined it would be so hard.
Everything has increased so much.”
No money, no pleasure, no comfort... Fabien lives in a mobile home on his farm.
“The hardest thing for me is not seeing my children, or very little.
I see my animals more than my offspring, it’s still absurd.”