(ANSA) – TURIN, 04 AUGUST – “The real risk is that already in August many herds leave the mountain pastures: the grass is dry and there is no water. common agricultural land), risk not being respected “. This was stated by Roberto Colombero, president of Uncem Piemonte, who speaks of “a dramatic situation without forecasts of improvement for the hundreds of families of margari”.
However, the problem is not just anticipating the descent. “The forage season – he explains – was also difficult in the plains, with very little hay produced, which translates into disproportionate price increases. In two years the price has already doubled, from 10 euros to 20-25 euros per quintal. Today is around € 35. Unsustainable for companies, especially those of the margari, which procure almost entirely from outside. It is urgent to discuss with the Region – he underlines – to understand how to meet the needs of these companies, because they cannot alone It is necessary to derogate from the minimum times for the pasture and provide economic support, because it is impossible to survive the winter with these costs and with the price of calves (especially of the Piedmontese breed) at the levels of 20 years ago “.
“Like Uncem – he continues – we consider the role of livestock companies to be fundamental, also and above all as territorial management protection, which if done with common sense and on a scientific basis, brings environmental benefits that translate into collective advantages. If no concrete action is taken. – he concludes – we risk to definitively blow up a sector that for hundreds of years has allowed a balanced and subsidiary use of forage resources in the mountains and in the plains. . (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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