We are aging at a dizzying pace. We have a problem with successors on farms

Starzejemy się w zawrotnym tempie. Mamy problem z następcami w gospodarstwach

As Emil Miezaj from NSZZ RI Solidarność from the province pointed out. West Pomeranian Voivodeship – For agriculture to do well, we must support breeding. Without breeding we will not exist. We said with one voice what was happening in Europe, we need protection for breeding, not only subsidies, but facilitations to make it future-proof. We will soon have a problem with successors. The number of farms covers what is really happening. I am the last generation who will breed in my family. There is no one to pass it on to. We are aging at a dizzying pace. Additionally, it is accompanied by the possibility of so-called raids. ecological environments. Over the years, we have done nothing to improve breeding – he said during the Senate Agriculture Committee held in early July.

Replacement of generations on farms, support for breeding

The Senate also discussed the replacement of generations on farms. The need to reduce the age of agricultural retirement or at least make conditional earlier retirement as part of transferring the farm to a successor.

In turn, Deputy Minister Adam Nowak emphasized that support for young farmers and breeders will be a priority. Poland needs to maintain a balance between plant and animal production.

– Generational replacement and continuation on farms are important, because without it food security will be undermined. Today, in all recruitment processes, the criteria promoting access to activities are addressed to young farmers. It is necessary to maintain a balance between animal and plant production. The concentration of farms in the EU and also in Poland resulted in farmers giving up animal production. Poland, as a producer of feed grain and not consumption grain, has a problem. Following the guidelines of Minister Siekierski, in the KPO we want to support farmers who have or want to return to animal production, in the context of building the potential for the production of weaned piglets. Reduction of production in Denmark, which will also cause problems, due to the lack of piglets. We will boil with feed grains. Energy security in biogas plants should also be ensured. We are at the bottom here in the EU. And we should treat them as an additional source of income, which helps stabilize the situation on farms. We also know that wherever there was interest in biogas plants, it was almost always accompanied by protests.