Maltese farmers joined Europe-wide protests about EU agriculture rules on Friday, as they drove their tractors to the entrance of Malta’s capital Valletta. It was the first demonstration by Malta’s farming sector in more than 40 years. “We’re here because we’re fed up with working for nothing. Our costs have increased but we’re forgotten. Without us, there will be no food on the table,” farmer Karmenu Vassallo said. Farmers dressed their tractors with placards bearing spray-painted messages such as “EU kills its farmers” and “No farmers, no food, no future” and drove through many of Malta’s ma…