Italy: Durum wheat, doubts about quality keep price lists in check

In the meantime, the swing of soybeans continues and starts to gain ground again. Corn continues to decline in all markets Soft wheat, exchanges hampered by qualitative uncertainty Italy The news of the week is the start of quotations on the Bologna market after Milan had quoted classes 4 and 5. The harvest is proceeding in the north while in the center the climatic conditions delay threshing, putting at risk the product and rheological specifications which already vary from area to area. Very heterogeneous yields/ha and grain characteristics with lighter specific weights and lower protein content than in 2022. Demand is well present but exchanges hampered by the qualitative uncertainty that requires analyzes and tests. Availability linked to the delay in harvesting and prices that for the “Bologna 14 protein type” start at €285/t departure with significant discounts for bread-making and “mixed” products (11% protein) on €240/t departure; declining bread-making communities with ...