Archive press releases
Regional, sustainable and GMO-free soya contributes to all UN development goals and Agenda 2030
Donau Soja helped to produce 4 million tonnes of soya in Europe Vienna/Berlin/Bern. The numerous activities and the standards of the organisation...
Record high for soybean output in Europe: 11.5 million tonnes
Donau Soja expects all-time high of EU soya harvest in 2023 Vienna. Europe is expecting a record year for soybean output, the organisation Donau...
Vienna is Soya Capital of the World this week
Today marks commencement of Europe’s first Soya World Conference The 11th World Soybean Research Conference (WSRC11) commenced today, for the first...
Soya – Problem or Solution? 150 Years of the World Expo in Vienna – 150 Years of Soya in Europe
Press accreditations for the World Soybean Research Conference, Press Conference and “Night of European Soy” Vienna. Can the soybean contribute to...
Certified, sustainable, non-GMO soybean meal from Ukrainian crusher has 80% less carbon emissions than European average
Vienna/Kiyv. According to a new study, by using only certified, sustainable and non-GM soybeans, the soymeal produced at the AdamPolSoya (ATK Group)...
EU Deforestation Regulation: A step forward but with deficits
Positive effect on climate will start only from the year 2020 Vienna/Berlin/Bern. - Donau Soja welcomes the decision of the EU Parliament to adopt...
Donau Soja calls for certified sustainable soya imports to be allowed to flow freely into the EU
Vienna/Kyiv, 19 April 2023. In light of the ongoing farmers' protests in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria against imports of...
International Non-GMO Summit 2023 on May 9-10th in Frankfurt Germany
High-level Representatives of the full Non-GMO Value Chain to Meet at Unprecedented Global Conference Vienna/Berlin/Bern – This May (9-10th) will...
World Soybean Research Conference for the first time in Europe in June
All around soya: Science meets business in Vienna Vienna. For one week from 18 to 23 June, Vienna will be the centre of science, economy and...
World Pulses Day on 10 February: Donau Soja demands a European Protein Transition
Legume Hub: European knowledge platform on legumes not only for farmers Vienna/Berlin/Bern – For the coming World Pulses Day on Friday, 10 February,...
Donau Soja: Dagmar Gollan takes over Executive Director of the association
Vienna - The international organisation Donau Soja with its headquarters in Vienna has appointed an Executive Director with immediate effect. This...
Donau Soja celebrated 10-year anniversary with two-days festive conference in Vienna
European protein transition changes production and use of proteins Vienna - Donau Soja connects Europe bean by bean and has done so since 2012. "We...
Egg producers in Austria avoid one million tonnes of CO2 since switching to feeding with Donau Soja
Egg production in Austria is European champion in climate and environmental protection Vienna. Austria's laying hen farmers have avoided one million...
Ukraine: Exports of agricultural goods up another 25% in June to 2.17 million tons
Kyiv – According to the latest data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine, in June 2022 Ukraine exported 2.17 million tons of grains, legumes, oilseeds and by-products, which is 470,000 tons or 25% more than in the previous month.
Ukraine: Sowing season ends with 1.25 million hectares
According to official information from the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture, the sowing of soya in Ukraine is almost finished. Taras Vysotskiy, First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, announced that Ukraine has planted 1.25 million hectares of soya this year.
2022 record year for non-GM soya in Europe
Europe is aiming for a record year in soya: This year’s total soya area is predicted to grow to 4.5 million ha in 2022, which makes +4.3 % compared to 2021. Soya area in the EU-27 is predicted to expand by 12 % to a record 1.09 million ha.
German retail and Ukrainian farmers secure European non-GM market of the future
Increasing volumes of sustainable soya in Ukraine despite war.
The war against Ukraine has made the agricultural markets nervous. While the export situation for commodities following the Russian blockade of Black Sea ports looks rather bad, the situation for soya is completely different.
Donau Soja provides life cycle assessment datasets for its soybeans
The life cycle assessment (LCA) datasets of Donau Soja and Europe Soya-certified soybeans are now publicly available as a so-called “branded dataset” via Blonk Consultants’ Agri-footprint portal.
Minus 49 percent: Soya certification reduces CO2 load in German pork
On-farm, regional and organic feed are a contribution to climate mitigation Schwäbisch Hall (Southern Germany) - By using Donau Soja / Europe...
BioMar and Donau Soja: A Protein Partnership for more sustainable soy supply in aqua industry
Aarhus, Vienna – Today BioMar, one of the leading suppliers of feed to the aquaculture industry worldwide and the Vienna based Donau Soja Organisation presented BioMar’s successful Protein Partnership with Donau Soja in Croatia. BioMar is the first one in the aqua industry to participate in this programme.
Switching to European soya reduces the carbon footprint of fish feed in aquaculture by a factor of 4.
22 January 2021 - A new report on CO2 emissions in Norwegian aquaculture regarding soy feed shows a way for the UK to reduce greenhouse gases. The...
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Market Report_DS Volumes_International, Vienna, January 2022
Market Report November EN_FINAL, Vienna, November 2021
Press release DevRAM I Closig event, Vienna, June 2021
DONAU-SOJA feed avoids 40% of CO2 emissions, Vienna, November 2020
Timmermanns calls for more urgency to tackle biodiversity crisis, Vienna, October 2020
EDEKA Hofglück_English_FINAL, Vienna, August 2020
Hofglück Programme converts to Europe Soya, Vienna, February 2019
48% of soya on the Ukrainian fields is GM, Kyiv, November 2018
Donau Soja Premiere at the European Commodities Exchange in Brussels, Vienna, October 2017
EU Agriculture Ministers to meet sustainability goals, Vienna, July 2017
EU Agriculture Ministers sustainability goals, Vienna, July 2017
DSADA_ENG, Kyiv, April 2017
Donau Soja_General Assembly and Networking, Vienna, March 2017
DonauSoja at the EuroTier_Nov 2016, Vienna, November 2016
Waitrose uses Donau Soja, Vienna, November 2016
Danube Region Standard, Vienna, October 2016
World Egg Day, Vienna, October 2016
Price Information_Donausoja.org and Proteinmarkt.de, Vienna, September 2016
Press Tour 2016_Protein Feed, Vienna, September 2016
Donau Soja expands market competence_Vollertsen, Vienna, July 2016
Donau Soja Italia, Vienna, June 2016
Danube Soya_General Assembly, Vienna, May 2016
Danube Soya_press release_BioFach, Vienna, February 2016
Danube Soya Pressrelease_supply of Daube Soya certified soy meal has improved, Vienna, October 2015
Danube Soya_CURUG_eng, Curug, June 2015
Danube Soya Pressrelease_Ukraine, Kyiv, April 2015
Pressrelease Slovakia signs DS declaration, Vienna, February 2015
Press release Moldova signs DS declaration, Vienna, June 2014
Danube Soya_Office in Novi Sad, Vienna, June 2014
Press Release_Unterzeichnung Rumänien, Vienna, February 2013
Donau Soja Kongress, Vienna, August 2012
About donau soja
Donau Soja is a non-profit, independent association who supports its partners and members in progressing change to address social, environmental, and economic challenges in soya, legumes and protein production and consumption. This will increase efficiency, fairness and sustainability in European food and feed protein value chains. Donau Soja is supported by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).
