Sassari prefect named milk czar

(ANSA) - Rome, February 21 - Sassari Prefect Giuseppe Marani has been named Italy's milk czar amid a protest by Sardinian farmers against low prices, Farm Minister Gian Marco Centinaio said Thursday.
    He said Marani had been appointed by Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, who is dealing with the crisis along with Centinaio.
    The 5-Star Movement on Thursday urged Centinaio to earmark all the milk budget for Sardinian and Sicilian farmers.
    The farmers have rejected a dairy industry offer to raise the price of milk and have said they want it hiked from the current 60 cents a litre to 70 cents immediately and one euro in the medium term.