More Europe First The European Parliament will vote on a report from its agriculture committee that proposes subsidizing protein crops. Emphasized in the rationale is the transparent protectionist motive of import substitution. However, many of the other discussion points are also confounding. For example, its authors criticize soybean supplies from Brazil because of their environmental damage, but they propose allowing Europe’s subsidized protein crops to be grown in the ecological focus areas. The report also wants producers to use local, regional and on-farm crops, and it suggests more animals grazing on grass rather than eating soymeal. This prompted the European compound feed industry (FEFAC) to urge consideration of the nutriti...

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