Now Italy focuses on durum and soft wheat produced in Australia

Published 2021년 11월 9일

Tridge summary

Italy has sought to purchase Australian wheat, both hard and soft, in significant quantities this year, marking a shift from its usual reliance on Canadian durum wheat and European sources. This move comes amidst climate-related challenges to wheat production in Canada, the USA, and Russia, which have led to increased interest in Australian wheat. Despite these challenges, Russia remains a major exporter of wheat, experiencing an increase in prices due to a reduction in production and an export tax. Meanwhile, Ukraine, a key winter cereal producer, faces drought affecting one-third of its cultivated surfaces, reducing autumn sowing estimates. Italy has also imported over 80,000 tons of soft wheat from Russia.

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Original content

We do not know if this year the large Italian industrial pasta producers have managed - or maybe they will succeed in the coming months - to buy Canadian durum wheat (at the moment the Canadian farmers who produce durum wheat are not very oriented to sell: they are waiting that the price increases). But one fact has already been established: this year Italy has bought and continues to buy Australian wheat, both hard and soft. We read the news in a note by Sandro Puglisi on the Facebook page of Friends of the "Sicilian Durum Wheat": "Italy has been a major buyer of Australian wheat throughout the year. In August and September, respectively, 56,322 t and 50,500 t were purchased, for a total of 106,822 t. ". The quality of Canadian wheat? If grown in almost desert areas, the yields are low, but the quality of the wheat is high in terms of protein content, presence of gluten, color and specific weight of the grain. We do not know what kind of gluten there is in Australian durum wheat: ...

Source: Inuovivespri