Farmers in central Greece on Friday protested with hundreds of tractors on the national highway against soaring energy costs, dismissing government support measures, and demanding more help to fight rising prices. Greece has spent about 1.7 billion euros ($1.95 billion) in subisidising power bills for farmers, households, and businesses to help them with rising energy prices. High energy costs have been the main driver of inflation, which acclerated to 5.1 percent in December, the highest in the country in 11 years. Kostas Tzelas, head of the Karditsa agricultural association, said the rising prices for fuel and electricity had increased production costs by 50 percent. “That is why we are out on the streets, the countryside will become deserted, villages will be deserted, people will not be able to cultivate and we will no longer be able to live in our villages,” he said at a rally on the national highway, …