Agriculture/Agriculture Farmers' association calls for higher prices for agricultural products
The Swiss Farmers' Union is once again calling for measures to strengthen family farms. What is needed, for example, are prices for agricultural products that can also be used to absorb risks.
03.01.2025, 11:00
SDA
It must be possible for prices to cover not only the means of production and labor, but also risk coverage, investments and, in good years, reserves for bad years, according to the press release for Friday's media conference in Kirchberg BE.
The situation of family farms is "worrying". On average, a family earns 17 francs per hour. Fair prices are "absolutely essential". In addition, there is a need for stability in the framework conditions instead of "new, uncompensated, cost-driving requirements every year". According to the farmers' association, the economic pressure also has social and health consequences.
Last year, there were protests by farmers in Switzerland.
