Italy: Drought in Sicily, here's who can access good hay

The lists of livestock companies that will be able to benefit from vouchers to purchase fodder have been approved. 20 million available for around 5 thousand stables. Never have we seen such rapid times for the definition of a bureaucratic process aimed at recognizing agricultural aid. Only a month after the publication of the rules for accessing the "good hay" intended for farmers brought to their knees by the drought, the Sicilian Region has officially approved the lists of farmers who will be entitled to it. The measure requested several times by agricultural organizations and strongly supported by the President of the Region Renato Schifani (who is still the holder of the delegation for agriculture after the councilor Sammartino was suspended from public duties), provides for an allocation of 20 million euros and will affect approximately 5 thousand agricultural companies, for a total of 200 thousand livestock units. «We had made a commitment with the trade organizations to ...