Polish agricultural organizations warned that protests could spread across the country, with the most prominent actions aimed at Warsaw. Farmers cited expensive fuel, fertilizer and energy, weak harvests and low purchase prices as pressures that have made loans increasingly difficult to repay.

On Thursday, October 15, inPoland.net.pl reported the warning. Adrian Wawrzyniak, a spokesman for the Solidarity of Individual Farmers, described the sector as a “powder keg” that needed only a small spark.

Organizers said they did not intend to rely on prolonged blockades of random roads. Instead, they envisaged shorter, targeted demonstrations directed at institutions and officials responsible for agricultural policy, while seeking to limit disruption for the wider public.

Wawrzyniak cautioned that continued government inaction could prompt tactics resembling farmers’ protests in France, including dumping manure in Warsaw. The groups demanded a broad crisis package covering farm liquidity, debt repayment and unfinished investments, alongside more effective relief for fuel and fertilizer costs.