The Ministry of Agriculture may ban the import of genetically modified soybeans and meal
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The Ministry of Agriculture may introduce a virtual ban on the supply of genetically modified (GMO) soybeans and soybean meal to Russia from 2024, which are used as feed in poultry and livestock. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut at a meeting on July 4, two of its participants told Vedomosti. The Ministry of Agriculture did not respond to a request.
The ban of the Ministry of Agriculture will be introduced if the soybean crop in Russia in the 2023/24 agricultural year exceeds 6 million tons, said a source who participated in the meeting. According to the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies, last year farmers harvested 5.99 million tons, this year the harvest is expected to increase to 6.2 million tons. said at the meeting.
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