Farmers keep up the pressure on the government with more road blocks

Despite the 300,000 ton increase in subsidized purchases of grain, farmers are still angry and protests continue to boil over. Yesterday dozens of farmers again blocked the international road leading from Wroclaw to the Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. During the two-hour protest the demonstrators drove a column of tractors at 5 kmh, creating a ten kilometer long tail back. The farmers want the government to speed up grain purchases. The cabinet recently agreed to do this, but farmers believe the government is dragging it heels and can still do far more. Premier Leszek Miller managed to persuade farmers to suspend road block planned for today, as he said his cabinet will analyze the mistakes made during this year's grain purchase. However if the ministers do not manage to satisfy farmers, the protests will resume on Wednesday. (Zycie, p. 1) P.W.