Even in October, there was a blow to primary goods: how much bread, milk and meat increased

Coldiretti data: wheat increased 11% compared to last year. And as a result, the costs of other products also skyrocket.

The effect of inflation on primary goods does not stop. Grain prices in October rose 11% worldwide compared to last year and 3% compared to the previous month, also due to uncertainties regarding the agreement between Russia and Ukraine for the passage of ships in the Black Sea. Coldiretti’s analysis based on the FAO price index in October.

Agricultural products such as meats (+ 5.7%) and dairy products (+ 15.3%) that use cereals for food also increased compared to the same period last year, says Coldiretti. In Italy, due to rising costs, almost one in ten stables (9%) is in such a critical situation that it leads to closure, with risks for the environment, the economy and employment, but also for the survival of the heritage in the Agri-food Italy, from its most typical cheeses, according to Coldiretti’s analysis of Crea data.

Italian farmers are strangled by an explosion in production costs averaging +60% linked to energy increases, which go up to +95% feed, +110% diesel and up to +500% food bills. feed the milking and milk storage systems.

The situation of mountain stables is particularly dramatic, where high bills force companies to close and slaughter animals, with an estimated decrease in milk production of 15% affecting the production of mountain pasture cheeses. But the entire tricolor dairy heritage is at risk with 580 dairy specialties between 55 PDO (Controlled Denomination of Origin) and 525 typical cheeses researched by the Regions that have given Italy the lead at European level ahead of France, home of Camembert that, as de Gaulle said, there are more cheeses than days on the calendar.

“When a stable closes, a whole system made up of animals, pastures for forage, typical cheeses and above all people committed to the struggle, often for entire generations, is lost, depopulation and degradation are lost”, says the president of Coldiretti Ettore Prandini stressing that “the closure of a livestock farm also means that it will never reopen, with the loss of animals and their genetic heritage preserved and valued by generations of breeders”.

“For this – concludes Prandini – it is necessary to intervene immediately to contain expensive energy and production costs with immediate measures to save companies and stables and structural measures to plan for the future, also with supply chain agreements between agricultural and industrial companies with objectives of accurate quality .and fair quantities and prices that never fall below production costs ».