ORAMA has noted the positive decision made yesterday by the European Commission and the French Government in response to its request for direct payments to be made early, as of October 16.

This request was made to the French Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Bussereau, at the first ORAMA conference, the “Sommet du Végétal”, held in June this year.  It was then repeated and special attention had been called to it as many grain growers and oil and protein seed farmers are in a situation where the fall in yield and the increase in charges could not be offset by the higher selling prices.  Their cash flow situation, which was already bad, was likely to become even worse.
 
ORAMA is very pleased that the Government has realised just how important the situation was.
 
Contact: Pascal HURBAULT – 01 44 31 16 25