| In Greece, Farmers (on Tractors) Take to the Streets |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Thursday, 22 January 2009 | |
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Greek farmers have blockaded several major highways with tractors and aren't showing signs of letting up. They're protesting weak government support and asking for more assistance at a time when farmers can't make a living. Their demands include higher subsidies, pension payments and lower fuel taxes. Across the globe farmers are struggling to keep their operations afloat, including the British organic livestock producers we told you about earlier this month. We only have to look at farms next door to see volatile commodity markets taking their toll. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that rapidly falling dairy prices will lead to dairy farms shutting their doors. And U.S. corn producers face tumbling export markets as other countries raise more of their own corn. Farmer protests -- and these economic hardships -- aren't new. This story reminded me of a North Carolina farmer who in 2004 drove his tractor into a Washington, DC, pond to protest the government's cuts in subsidies to tobacco farmers. Just last year, Mexican farmers protested their government's decision to eliminate trade barriers for U.S. corn, saying it would put them out of business and steer people north; Peruvian farmers stopped traffic and held other protests against the Peru Free Trade Agreement; and Indian farmers held demonstrations against GMOs. Source: Washington Post, USA Today
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