Elections to the Chamber of Agriculture: Young Farmers and the FDSEA reveal their list

Les JA et la FDSEA assurent qu’ils ne vont rien lâcher face au prochain gouvernement. MIDI LIBRE – Manon Baffie

The JA and the FDSEA, which are in the majority in the Lozère Chamber of Agriculture, are once again making a joint list for the elections to be held in January 2025.

A few weeks before the official launch of the campaign, the JA and the FDSEA presented their joint list from the Pelat family farm in Montrodat. The national president of the JA, Pierrick Horel, made the trip for the occasion. Some of the candidates are running for the first time.

Others are already well known in the Lozère agricultural world, such as Olivier Boulat, deputy secretary general of the National Bovine Federation, Jean-François Maurin, president of the FDSEA, Hervé Boudon, president of the JA 48, and of course Christine Valentin, current president of the chamber. “We tried to represent the entire territory, all productions and all ages“, emphasizes Jean-François Maurin.

Defending the progress made during the agricultural crisis

The elections to the chamber of agriculture are taking place this year in a particular context, between the agricultural crisis and government instability. Jean-François Maurin regrets that the advances planned for farmers were “thrown in the trash” with the choice of the deputies to censure the government.

The unions had notably been able to avoid the increase in the price of non-road diesel, but also some administrative simplification measures. In total, the 2025 budget provided an additional 40 million for agriculture. Regardless of the new government, the JA and the FDSEA promise to “never give up“.

Predation, a central problem in Lozère

Hervé Boudon, president of the JA of Lozère, returned to the issues that particularly affect the department, in particular predation. He recalled that Lozère was the first department outside the Alpine arc where the presence of a wolf pack was proven.

“We need flexibility on this issue. We need to stop being spied on and judged guilty before we even pull the trigger.” He also mentioned sensitive meadows, another issue for which the two unions are requesting exemptions.

Christine Valentin concluded by calling on her voters to mobilize: “What risks playing tricks on us the most will be abstention.”

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