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Why do farmers find it so difficult to pass on even within their families?

2024-02-07T05:26:57.860Z

Highlights: ‘I didn't even ask my future wife if I should do this job. It felt like it was imposed from the start’ ‘The job is fine for two seconds, I'm not going to make it until I'm 65. My parents stopped at 55 and 53. I will not have any relief, the children are doing “something else”‘The eldest is a psychologist, the second is a lawyer, the third is a social worker.’


STORY - In a leisure society, this profession of constraint only appeals to young enthusiasts. The agricultural crisis has made it possible to obtain aid for generational renewal.


“When I moved in 1998, I didn't even ask my future wife, Guénola, if she agreed that I should do this job.

It felt like it was imposed from the start.

In my parents’ minds, I was taking over the farm.”

Paul Gildas Dreno is an organic milk producer in Arzal, a commune in Morbihan.

A few days ago, his decision was made: he stopped breeding.

“The passion job is fine for two seconds, I'm not going to make it until I'm 65.

My parents stopped at 55 and 53.”

He will not have any relief, the children are doing

“something else”.

“The eldest is a psychologist, the second…

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Source: lefigaro

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