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It was in Villeroy (Seine-et-Marne) that the Valfrance cooperative and the Chamber of Agriculture of the Île-de-France Region invited farmers from Seine-et-Marne and Oise last June to a technical platform set up by Val'Epi. For the occasion, around forty bakers, customers of the Grands Moulins de Paris, took part in the debates. During this day, many themes were discussed, such as the traditional varieties of wheat or the fight against grasses. It was also a question of agronomic levers on flea beetles or localized fertilization on corn. Apart from the main crops of wheat and rapeseed, emerging themes, such as carbon or crops dedicated to methanization, CIVEs (intermediate crops for energy purposes), fueled the conversations. Machinery and technological innovations were also on the agenda with the presence of the Arvalis and Terres Inovia technical institutes. Participants also attended a demonstration of electric weeding, discovered precision processing techniques on thistles, and saw a soil compaction and decompaction workshop. Two conferences on current topics ended the day in the presence of Christophe Grison, President of Valfrance, and Laurent Vittoz, Managing Director: one, on the Low Carbon Label, led by Claire Zwiling, Strategic Manager at Valfrance; the other, on the developments to be expected from the common agricultural policy 2023-2027, led by Alain Randon, agro-economic expert at Valfrance.