Italy: News for maize and other arable crops

Agea circular no. 85358 of 12 November 2024 establishes the criteria and methods for implementing the Food Sovereignty Fund for the 2024 campaign. The available resources amount to 25 million euros. Eight million for the corn supply chain, 5 for vegetable proteins (peas, beans, lentils, chickpeas, broad beans and fava beans, soybeans), 4 for soft wheat from certified seeds, 3 million euros for the barley supply chain and, finally, 5 million euros for beef linked to the cow-calf line and those certified with the National Zootechnical Quality System (Sqnz). The circular only concerns plant production and sets 3 December 2024 as the deadline by which interested farmers are required to submit the application. For the 2024 campaign, the aid granted for each hectare cultivated and subject to a supply chain contract lasting at least three years amounts to 400 euros for corn, 250 for vegetable proteins, 300 for soft wheat and 200 for barley. However, it must be considered that not all ...