Dairy farming feed costs: innovation, change and efficiency

How much does it cost to produce milk? A short question, the answer to which could fill reams of paper. This meeting will attempt to answer it, in response to a problem that breeders have always understood to be urgent, and that has become critical in this period of economic crisis: do we risk producing unprofitably?

PROGRAMME:

Opening remarks – Introductory presentation – Paolo Maccazzola, President of CIA Lombardia

Contributions:

• Angelo Rossi, Founder and Executive Director of CLAL, Ester Venturelli and Alberto Lancellotti, CLAL Team – “Dynamics of the local and international markets, factors affecting the dairy market and its prices”
• Giorgio Borreani, Professor of Agronomics and Grass Cultivation at the Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Turin University – “Cultivation systems for livestock farms to combat climate change and volatile prices.”
• Carlo Angelo Sgoifo Rossi, Professor at the Department of Veterinary Science and Technology for Food Security, Milan University – “Milk cow rations and limiting feed costs”
• Gianpiero Calzolari, President of the Granarolo Group – “The problems faced by the milk processing industry in obtaining an equitable price for producers”
• Fabio Rolfi, Councillor for Agriculture, Food and Green Systems, Lombardy Regional Government – “Measures enacted by the Lombardy Regional Government to support the dairy livestock industry”

Concluding remarks – Cristiano Fini – President of CIA Nazionale

MODERATOR: Sabina Licci, ANSA