All around the Poland small groups of farmers are protesting against the low profitability of agriculture production and demand the government to intervene on the market.

Unionists from the Solidarity of Individual Farmers gathered in front of governmental agriculture agencies in many Polish cities, Monday morning. Protesters say, that farmers with the biggest problems are those who produce milk and grain. “Our situation is very difficult,” Lech Kraszewski, a farmer from Central Poland claimed. “Prices of fertilizers have risen by 200%, while prices of grain dropped.”

In some cities farmers are protesting in front of the junior coalition partner in the current government, the Polish People’s Party (PSL) offices, who have their electoral base among rural voters.

In Szczecin, a city in north-western Poland, about 30 farmers firstly demanded talks with PSL’s officials, but after they were ignored, they nailed their demands to PSL office’s door.

During the protests, farmers are carrying a black coffin marked “Polish agriculture.” (wg/pg)