Italy: Campania, buffalo supply chain, milk price collapses

Published 2024년 10월 22일

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The Campania buffalo milk supply chain is facing a crisis due to overproduction, with dairies unable to use all the milk to make Mozzarella di bufala campana dop. The problem is compounded by the failure of non-destagionalized farms to extend supply contracts, leading to an oversupply in winter when demand drops. Farmers who can ensure destagionalization of calving are being paid less for their milk. This situation is threatening 400 buffalo livestock farms in Caserta, Salerno, and Latina, leading farm organizations to threaten legal action and prepare complaints against the dairies. Altragricoltura is organizing buffalo farmers in the PDO area to protest and has called for discussions with breeders.

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The Campania buffalo supply chain is once again in turmoil, this time due to an alleged crisis of overproduction of milk complained of by dairies, many of which have refrigerators full of frozen milk, not suitable for the production of Mozzarella di bufala campana dop. And in the last period there has been a flurry of failed extensions of supply contracts of buffalo milk suitable for the production of Mozzarella di bufala campana dop to non-destagionalized farms, which therefore have more milk in the winter, when the demand for mozzarella drops. Furthermore, farmers who can guarantee the destagionalization of calving have been offered a price of milk at the farm of 1.55 euros per kilogram, compared to 1.80 euros practiced until September in Caserta. This situation - which has been occurring since the beginning of October - is putting 400 buffalo livestock farms in the provinces of Caserta, Salerno and Latina at risk. Coldiretti, Confagricoltura, Cia and Copagri, after a meeting of ...

Source: InformateAgrario