Crop farmers insist on the minimum purchase price of HRK 1.25 per kilo of wheat and of HRK 2.50 per kilo of oil rape threatening to stage new protests and road and border crossing blockades if their demands are not met,
Today's negotiations were held behind closed doors and attending were deputy prime ministers Jadranka Kosor and Damir Polancec as well as the ministers of finance, agriculture and rural development, Ivan Suker, Bozidar Pankretic and Petar Cobankovic respectively.
Last Thursday dairy farmers and the government reached a deal on minimum milk price and farmers' loans rescheduling after disgruntled farmers' day-long protests staged in Zagreb