Overview

• Annie Genevard announced that of €257 million in unspent 2023–24 PAC conversion funds, €96 million will be allocated to organic maintenance aid and €12 million to dairy modernization.
• The government earmarked €55 million for young farmers, €15 million each for the sheep and durum wheat sectors, €33 million for regional projects and €34 million for water-related investments, regardless of production mode.
• The Fédération nationale d’agriculture biologique denounced the decision as a “hold-up” and its representatives walked out of the ministry’s orientation council in protest of what it called a withdrawal of state support.
• Dominique Chargé of Coopération agricole praised the redistribution as a pragmatic response that aligns aid with the current pace of organic market growth.
• Organic farming still covers only 10.1 percent of French farmland, well below the 21 percent national target and the EU’s goal of 25 percent by 2030.