Italy: Declining wheat production in Emilia-Romagna

Crops lost or severely reduced in flood affected areas while yields are good in the rest of the region For the second consecutive year, Emilia-Romagna records an average drop in cereal production of over 20% according to estimates by Confagricoltura Emilia-Romagna. Indeed, the analysis carried out on the 2023 harvest reveals a region split in two by the flood, with data much below the average in the area affected by floods and torrential rains (Rimini, Forlì-Cesena, Ravenna but also parts of the Bologna and Ferrarese), values that gradually improve moving towards the west (Parma and Piacenza), where they reach more than satisfactory peaks considering the vintage. Furthermore, the territory suffers from the total loss of the harvest on 13,000 hectares of wheat and barley that remained under water for more than three days, threshing difficulties due to excess earth and mud and crops still unreachable in the hills. Confagricoltura fears a decline in hectares of durum wheat «Like the ...