HELP! French farmer mows ‘message of despair’ in wheat field

‘A French farmer has mown the giant letters HELP into his wheat field, hoping presidential candidates will handle the agricultural sector crisis. He says the authorities are “deaf” to farmers’ anger, but hopes they won’t be blind to his “message of despair.”
“Political leaders do not listen to us,” Jacques Fortin from Athée-sur-Cher commune in central France told AFP. “They’re deaf to our anger. I hope they’re not blind and will read this message of despair.”
The 63-year-old farmer says that he now lives in the world where he has “the responsibilities of a chief executive,” but lives “below the poverty threshold.”’
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