What brings him here?
This 63-year-old farmer with graying hair doesn't quite know where to start, so he recounts his beginnings in a tight voice.
“I settled permanently in 2014, I had a very, very ambitious business plan.
» And huge loans amounting to several million euros to buy back 150 ha of land and the family cereal farm.
“Except that the years that followed were very difficult.
There were hailstorms, floods, droughts and so on.
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Like the majority, the operator found himself caught between accumulated debts and the pressure on prices exerted by distributors.
“For the past year, it has become untenable, I have to repay 200,000 to 250,000 euros per year.
I can not anymore.
I am on the verge of bankruptcy,” he said, his hands shaking.
“I'm trying to negotiate with the banks, but I need time,” he says.
For the record, I participated in the blocking of the A1, when I returned, I discovered the letter from a bank which warned me that they were going to close my accounts.
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