The sight of tractor barricades creating long lines of vehicles highlighted the gulfs in economic and social opportunity between town and country in France.
At Jossigny near the Disneyland theme park outside Paris, protesters blocked all six lanes of the A4 highway, parking their tractors so they formed what looked like an ear of wheat when seen from the air.
Some vehicles carried placards declaring “No food without farmers" and “The end of us would mean famine for you."
South of the capital, protesters used forklifts to deposit hay bales to block the A6 highway, broadcaster BFM-TV's images showed.
Traffic authorities in the Paris area reported protests causing snarls on multiple major highways heading into the capital.
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