Soybean production is creeping up in the Netherlands. Ontario’s success story with soybeans is experiencing a regrowth – this time in the Netherlands. The Dutch coop Royal Agrifirm began promoting conventional, non-GMO soybeans back in 2013. And just like in Ontario, the crop had humble beginnings with small acreage and a few producers. But acreage is expanding and it’s now being viewed as a valuable rotation crop with positive environmental and economic benefits. Growing pains such as sclerotinia disease aren’t unexpected where production is intense, but progress is being made.
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OWEN ROBERTS
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.