The availability of, and preference for, non-genetically engineered (GE) soybeans as an animal feed is again being debated in Germany. Interest has been rekindled by a recent decision by the German poultry famers association to end their 14 year old policy of only using non GE soybeans in poultry feed. This action opens a new 800,000 MT soybean meal market to U.S. suppliers. This report contains price spread information on GE versus non-GE soybean meal as reported by farm-level buyers in Germany, information on German food retailer approaches to non-GE and GE fed animals, and German NGOs reactions.
