Insights and Stories on Italy

Italian ministry tells firms to source durum from Canada

Mar. 10, 2022 at 8:32 am CST

Rome | Reuters — In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Italian firms can source durum wheat from Canada, the Italian industry ministry said in a statement following meetings on Wednesday with various firms and associations. The statement added that alternative suppliers for clay, iron and sunflower seeds had […]

Swine fever found in wild boar in Italy

Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:02 pm CST

By Reuters

Italy vetoes sale of seed producer to Chinese-owned Syngenta

Oct. 25, 2021 at 10:19 am CDT

By Giuseppe Fonte

Poor Chinese demand a setback for grain exports

Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:57 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

Oct. 8, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Barilla to buy second-largest Italian pasta plant

Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:01 pm CST

Milan | Reuters — Food group Barilla said on Wednesday it had presented an offer to buy the second-largest pasta plant in Italy from domestic rival Pasta Zara to boost its production capacity. Family-owned Pasta Zara has started court proceedings to get creditor protection after its debt spiralled out of […]

By Reuters

Durum markets rattled as harvest set to start

Aug. 16, 2018 at 5:36 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With the durum wheat harvest rapidly approaching in Western Canada, many analysts wonder how the dry conditions and extreme heat will affect yields. Yet there is one aspect about this year’s crop they already know. Increased seeded acreage this spring, and market access problems hindering longer-term durum […]

By Terry Fries

Italy in no rush to reject EU-Canada trade deal

Jul. 16, 2018 at 7:27 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Italy is in no hurry to bring the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada to a parliamentary vote, its farm minister said on Monday, suggesting its opposition to the deal may be easing. Ministers of the eurosceptic 5-Star/League government have said Italy would not ratify […]

By Reuters

Italy says it won’t ratify EU-Canada trade deal

Jul. 13, 2018 at 5:34 am CDT

Rome | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Friday, although Canadian officials played down the threat to the accord, which mostly took effect last year. “Soon CETA (the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will […]

By Alberto Sisto Gavin Jones

Italy won’t ratify EU trade deal with Canada, farm minister says

Jun. 14, 2018 at 7:43 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — Italy will not ratify the European Union’s free trade agreement with Canada, its new agriculture minister said on Thursday, ratcheting up an international trade spat and potentially scuppering the EU’s biggest accord in years. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is the first major trade […]

By Francesca Landini

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