16 Feb 2024

Farmers from around the world, Jana Gäbert

From Country Life, 7:19 pm on 16 February 2024
German dairy farmer Jana Gäbert

German dairy farmer Jana Gäbert Photo: Supplied

Jana Gäbert runs a dairy farm about 30 kilometres south of Berlin.

She is among farmers around Europe who have taken to the streets in protest about increasing costs and regulation amid high competition, loss of tax breaks and climate change.

Last month she rode in a farm tractor to Berlin's famous Brandenburg Gate to press home farmers' concerns.

Jana Gäbert is a member of the Global Farmer Network.

Jana Gäbert with other farmers protesting at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate

Jana Gäbert with other farmers protesting at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Photo: Supplied

Farmers drive their tractors on the ring road of Rennes, western France, on February 1, 2024, as part of nationwide protests called by several farmers' unions over pay, tax and regulations. France's government offered a slew of new concessions on February 1, 2024, to farmers, hoping to calm anger behind tractor blockades of major roads nationwide as farmers have been out in force for more than a week in protests triggered by an agricultural fuel duty hike, complaining their pay is squeezed, taxes are too high and regulations too onerous. (Photo by Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)

Farmers drive their tractors on the ring road of Rennes, western France, on 1 February as part of nationwide protests. Photo: SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS