Ernesto Ambrosetti, an economist at the Rural Society, the main farmers' lobby, points out that they turned to soya partly as the safest bet during Argentina's recent political and economic turmoil.
The Ambrosetti Forum will reconvene in the autumn, the mist will have lifted over the lake, and, for the delegates, perhaps the future for the European Union will be looking clearer too.
Speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum on the banks of Lake Como, Beccalli-Falco told CNN that General Electric -- a multinational founded in 1892 -- is "making a lot of investments" in Germany.