Ukraine war cuts rations for cows, pigs, and chickens by up to 10% on Italian farms

Published 2022년 3월 10일

Tridge summary

The article highlights a severe crisis in Italian farms due to a significant increase in feed costs and a decrease in corn imports from Ukraine and Hungary, which has led to a reduction in food rations for farm animals by up to 10%. This situation is causing financial losses for farmers and threatening the stability of the Italian livestock sector. The crisis is exacerbated by the decrease in domestic corn production and the reliance on imported agricultural raw materials. The situation is critical, with farms struggling to compensate for the rising costs and facing the possibility of not being able to feed their livestock. This crisis not only impacts the national economy but also has social and environmental implications.

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The war in Ukraine cuts food rations to cows, pigs and chickens by up to 10% on Italian farms that are facing the worst food crisis for animals since the end of the Second World War due to the explosion in the costs of feed and of the block to the exports of corn from Ukraine and also from Hungary, with a unilateral decision of Budapest that compromises the single European market and undermines the very foundations of the European Union. This is the alarm raised by Coldiretti in reference to the dramatic situation in Italian farms that are forced to work at a loss to be able to feed their animals due to the lack of raw materials which forced even the supermarkets to be rationed with Unicoop Firenze where it was decided to put a roof on those who buy sunflower oil, flour and sugar. The decision of the farms is - underlines Coldiretti - causing effects on food supplies with reductions in the production of milk, meat and eggs in an Italy that is already heavily deficient in all ...

Source: Coldiretti