Despite the negative sentiments in Europe against biotech crops the area grown has almost doubled compared to last year. It seems that slowly farmers are experiencing the benefits of the genetically engineered crops. And, at the same time, as farmers plough their fertile fields, behind the scenes EuropaBio, the organization of European biotech companies, intensively works on the political fields in Europe

In South Africa the animal feed industry has been accused of excessive profits they have realised over the last 12 months. One must admit that the trends in raw material prices resulting in good procurement positions more than ever have assisted feed producers to price their final products in such a way that they could gain some advantage of these trends.