EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said at a press conference after the AGRIFISH Council on Tuesday 24 May that he was “personally in favour” of the request by several countries, including Germany, to grant a derogation in 2023 from the rules on compulsory crop rotation (good agricultural and environmental condition, or GAEC 7) in the context of the war in Ukraine.
This derogation could “help our farmers and relieve the markets”, said German Agriculture Minister...