Jean-Luc Poulain will remember the 60th International Agricultural Show (SIA) for a long time
.
Not only because it is his last but also because this 67-year-old grain grower from the Oise - who will hand over in a few days after having been for sixteen years at the head of the largest ephemeral farm in France - will never have experienced such violence, particularly during its inauguration.
“The passion for the show and agriculture would have pushed me to stay until the end of my third term in 2026,”
he emphasizes, while he will officially retire on April 1,
but,
adds he,
reason dictated to me to respect my commitments, that is to say to leave halfway with a healthy financial situation of Ceneca
(the National Center for Exhibitions and Agricultural Competitions, organizer of the SIA and of the Horse Show, Editor’s note)
.
I will devote myself to my family and my hobbies.
I sold the farm that I ran with my brother to two nephews and the daughter of a friend.”
A living room under tension, never seen before
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