The 2024 national production of dried fodder in Italy is stable

Estimates for 2024 speak of over 700,000 tonnes of dried and dehydrated fodder stored at a European level, with Italy which with 360,000 tonnes should be at the top of the ranking, followed by Spain (230,000 tonnes) and France (115,000 tonnes). «A situation which, in light of the current international geopolitical and market trends, worries the entire sector», says Riccardo Severi, director of Aife/Italian fodder supply chain and president of the fodder group in Copa-Cogeca, the organization which at community level represents over 22 million farmers and more than 22,000 agricultural cooperatives, representing the Alliance of Italian Cooperatives. The data emerged in recent days in Brussels on the occasion of the annual Copa-Cogeca meeting. where the production and commercial performance of 2023 was analyzed and the scenario that is being outlined for the current year was outlined. «For Italy – concludes Severi – 2023 ended with a production of dried and dehydrated fodder equal ...