German ministers are considering a draft law that would make the decision of whether to ban the planting of biotech crops a joint decision by Germany’s federal and state governments in the future. The European Union allows individual countries to decide on biotech use and Germany had decided it would impose a ban. American Soybean Association President Richard Wilkins says most E.U. growers, including those in Germany, would like to be able to grow and harvest biotech crops but the issue is getting caught up in politics.

He says if the German ministers understood and accepted the science that backs the safety of agricultural biotechnology they would decide against banning biotech crops.

Wilkins says the most sustainable way to produce crops is through biotechnology, despite the misinformation that’s being spread around the E.U.

The German ministers are in disagreement about whether or not the ban should be undertaken by federal or state authorities.