According to the estimates of the Russian Institute of Market Economics (IKAR), in 2019, crop yields increased by 15% compared to 2018.
According to market analysts, the increase in sown areas of oilseeds across the country by 4.6% to about 14.5 million hectares. indicates a growing interest in these plants.
As for the cultivation of sunflower, the largest area of its cultivation today, along with favorable weather conditions, has increased productivity by 18% to more than 15.1 million tons.
In 2019, Russia in this regard was only slightly below the level of the world's largest producer of sunflower, that is, Ukraine.
The homeland of sunflower is North America, namely Mexico. In Ukraine, the plant got in the middle of the 18th century.
New records were also set for the production of approximately 4.34 million tons of soybean and 2.06 million tons of rapeseed.
This happened despite the fact that in one of the two most important regions of soybean cultivation - in the Far East - there were significant weather problems, and the rape area throughout the country remained at the level of 2018.
The rape yield increased, amounting to 15.6 c / ha. in 2019, whereas in 2018 it was equal to 14.3 q / ha.
- By 2025, the global oilseed market will rise significantly in price.
- Canada promises assistance to farmers affected by the Chinese ban on oilseed imports.
- Kazakhstan increased oilseed exports.
- Russian farmers aim at the oil record.
- Tambov agrarians cultivate a culture that only 4 Russian farms are engaged in.
