Germany and Hungary presented a European Soya Declaration in Luxembourg on Monday 12 June and invited the other European agriculture ministers to sign this joint declaration on the sidelines of the next Agriculture Council on 17 July.
Behind the declaration is the desire to find ways to end the EU’s dependence on soya imports to feed livestock. To end dependence, the EU should encourage soya cultivation since the domestic potential for soya production has not been fully tapped. Producing...