European Union farmers will increase sowings of wheat and soybeans into 2030, but cut back on plantings of rapeseed, officials said, in a report which cautioned of a quality threat to Russia’s growth in wheat exports. European Commission, in an annual briefing on medium-term agricultural forecasts, estimated that soft wheat seedings will expand from this year’s 23.6m hectares to 24.8m hectares by 2030, despite a continued loss of arable land in the bloc to urbanisation, as well as afforestation.