Will corn cultivation in Europe fall victim to EU rulers?

Published 2024년 9월 23일

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Europe is shifting its agricultural approach towards extensive production, attempting to reduce intensive practices like maize cultivation and animal breeding. The European Commission is expected to decrease area subsidies and impose new environmental obligations. The PZPK corn forum in Pawłowice discussed these changes and the challenges they present, including the impact of Mercosur agreements and the situation in Ukraine. The forum also highlighted the energy efficiency of silage corn and the issues of fungus contamination in maize. The EU has recently tightened standards and use restrictions on cereals, emphasizing the importance of resistant varieties.

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Europe is gradually, yet very consistently, trying to move away from intensive agricultural production, including `maize' cultivation and animal breeding, towards extensive production. The PZPK corn forum under the slogan: "Strategic importance of maize for Polish agriculture" was held on September 12 in Pawłowice. It was attended by about 80 people. The forum began with a lecture by Marek Budzisz (Strategy&Future, Warsaw). In his opinion, Europe is gradually, yet very consistently, trying to move away from intensive agricultural production, including `maize' cultivation and animal breeding, towards extensive production. European agriculture, including maize producers, will be subject to increasing competitive pressure. – This will be accompanied by the actions of the European Commission consisting in reducing area subsidies and imposing new obligations with the so-called carbon and water footprint – said Marek Budzisz, adding: – Agreements with Mercosur countries, as well as ...

Source: AgroPolska