Livestock feeding in Italy: barley price rises, but oilseeds are lowered

Soybean

Wheat

Canola Seed & Rapeseed

Barley

Italy

Published Jun 28, 2022

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According to the latest surveys of the Italian telematic commodity exchange, the cooling of the lists of soft wheat, rapeseed and sunflower flour continues With the harvest still in progress and with yields that are confirmed variable depending on the production areas (decreasing in particular in the regions north-west), national barley prices recorded a slight weekly increase on all the main commodity exchanges

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According to the latest surveys of the Italian telematic commodity exchange, the cooling of the soft wheat, rapeseed and sunflower meal lists continues With the harvest still in progress and with yields that are confirmed to be variable depending on the production areas (decreasing in particular in the north-west regions), the prices of national barley recorded a slight weekly increase on all the main commodity exchanges. Confirming the criticalities dictated by low rainfall and high temperatures, the JRC Mars Bulletin on crop monitoring published in June by the European Commission revised winter barley yields in Europe downwards, bringing them to 5.73 t / ha compared to 5.78 t / ha which was estimated in May. For Italy, the drop in yields would be 6.7% compared to 2021 (from 4.21 to 3.93 t / ha). Among the other forage cereals, meanwhile, the return of the prices of soft wheat continues. Widespread declines were observed in the oilseed market, conditioned by both falls in ...

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