Quick Take — Agriculture in Italy and Africa: we need clarity and transparency

let’s talk about Coltivaritalia – €1 billion for Italian agriculture – and the Mattei Plan, €5.5 billion, Italian money, mentioned in several articles where Ettore Prandini, president of Coldiretti, talks about Mercosur : we agree with him on the safeguard clauses and the reciprocity of the rules, but we need, in the above-mentioned cases (Coltivaritalia and Mattei Plan), clarity and transparency on how our money will be spent, in Italy and in Africa.

JBS, the Brazilian meat giant, is set to benefit from the treaty between Europe and Mercosur

Great attention should be paid to safeguard clauses and reciprocity agreements, but the EU-Mercosur agreement should not be held up as a scapegoat against which to vent one’s frustration at problems in the sector that actually have an entirely different cause: first and foremost, the low profitability of the agricultural sector compared with the rest of the economy

Unfair Practices : The failure of regulation

Penalties for unfair practices in 2023-2024 amount to only 665,000 euros against estimated damages of at least 350 million annually. in essence on prices and unfair practices the ‘dolce far niente’ of Italian politics continues. Remember this when you see the next tractors in the square or when you hear about the sad affairs of groups like Auchan, Casino, Carrefour Italia and others

Italian cheesemakers cool their cows to protect their milk

Butter – the cost of which has risen by 83% year-on-year – is made from milk fat and cream and therefore its production requires a lot of milk, the global supply of which has declined, partly due to the diseases that have affected dairy cow herds in Europe, and partly due to the high cost of feed. Then there is the issue of climate change that causes milk prices to skyrocket as Granarolo confirms