We won't get there with European soya

Published Mar 25, 2024

Tridge summary

The European Union relies heavily on soy imports, especially from the US, Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, for animal feed, with only 8% self-sufficiency in soy. However, due to grains and by-products like soy meal, the EU is over 100% self-sufficient in pigs, grains, poultry meat, eggs, and dairy. The EU imports 34 million tons of soy, 60% of which is soy meal. Since 2012, soy production in Europe has increased, with potential to grow by 50%. The EU's demand for non-GMO soy is 6.7 million tonnes, largely sourced from Ukraine, Brazil, and the EU itself.

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Original content

Soy meal, commonly referred to as soy, is an important component of our animal feed. Within Europe, a lot of research is being done into alternatives to soy from distant countries. Is homegrown soy a solution? The fact that we have to import a lot of proteins in the form of soy into Europe from the United States and South America is a source of offense for many. Do the critics even know what it is about? The European Union is only eight percent self-sufficient in soy. Thanks to the distribution of grains and all kinds of by-products such as soy meal, the EU is 127 percent self-sufficient in pigs. For grains and poultry meat this is 112 percent, for eggs 106 percent, for dairy 103 percent and for white sugar 93 percent. The EU imports 34 million tons of soy, which requires eleven million hectares. Of this, a good 60 percent consists of soy meal and almost forty percent of soy beans that are processed in Europe. The by-product is also soy meal. Of the imported soy, 15.9 percent ...

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