Lorraine. Agriculture: The poultry industry is getting plump

"This demonstrates that we made the right decision in giving emerging sectors a boost," enthuses Stéphane Ermann, a Moselle resident. Elected head of the Chamber of Agriculture in January, the man who held the vice-presidential seat in the outgoing team has always championed diversification. He himself runs a farm in the south of the department, combining sheep and poultry farming, applying organic standards. In 2018, he pulled out all the stops for the inauguration of his chicken coop housing 4,800 broiler chickens, the first of its size in the sector. A champion of animal welfare, Stéphane Ermann assures us: "When the animals are well, the farmer is...

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