EU grain industry group warns green push could lower production

EU grain industry group warns green push could lower production — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) The EU grain industry group COCERAL issued a warning on Wednesday that the bloc’s green push could lower production and cause an import surge that would turn the EU into a net importer of cereals.

According to the European Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy, which was presented last year, the EU plans to cut the use of pesticides by 50% and to expand organic production from 8% to 25% of farmland by 2030, Reuters reports.