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Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron opened the 62nd edition, held without live bovines as the show’s emblematic cow appears only as a hologram.
- Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard reports no bovine nodular disease cases since January 2 and has lifted regulated zones except for a small area of Pyrénées‑Orientales linked to a Spanish case.
- The government’s emergency agriculture bill is due at the Council of Ministers soon with a fragile timetable that targets Senate debate in June and the National Assembly not before July.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu plans several shorter visits as parties crowd the aisles, with Gabriel Attal expected Sunday, Valérie Pécresse and Sarah Knafo already on site, Marion Maréchal due Monday, and Bruno Retailleau poised to push his farm platform.
- Major retailers boycotted a government price‑monitoring meeting except for Lidl, drawing FNSEA criticism, while ministers unveiled water‑management steps and eased rules slightly for predator defense shots.