In 2016, Russia to increase oilseed crops production by 1% - APK-Inform

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In 2016, the general harvest of main oilseeds (sunflower seed, rapeseed, soybeans) in Russia will total 13.358 mln tonnes, an increase of 1% only compared with 2015 (13.196 mln tonnes), declared the oilseed analyst at APK-Inform Agency, Julia Krehovich during the meeting-discussion "Harvest-2016: market of crop protection products and seeds in Russia" on April 26.

In particular, the harvest of sunflower seed will reach 9.552 mln tonnes (9.48 mln tonnes in 2015), rapeseed – 1.099 mln tonnes (1.012 mln tonnes), including winter rapeseed - 314 thsd tonnes (265 thsd tonnes), spring rapeseed - 785 thsd tonnes (747 thsd tonnes), and soybeans – 2.707 mln tonnes (2.703 mln tonnes).

Also, the planted areas under major oilseeds will expand by 1% - to 10.233 mln ha, against 10.149 mln ha in 2015. In particular, rapeseed areas will increase to 1.076 mln ha (up 5% compared with 2015), including winter rapeseed - 173 thsd ha (up 20%), spring rapeseed - 902 thsd ha (up 3%), and soybean areas - to 2.208 mln ha (up 4%). The planted areas under sunflower seed will decrease by 1% compared with last year, to 6.949 mln ha, against 7.005 mln ha in 2015, said J.Krehovich.

Also, she noted that Russia will face slight increasing of the yield indices for major oilseeds – to 1.4 t/ha (1.39 t/ha in 2015). In particular, in 2016 sunflower seed yield will increase to 1.47 t/ha (1.45 t/ha in 2015), rapeseed – 1.18 t/ha (1.12 t/ha), including spring rapeseed – 1.03 t/ha (0.907 t/ha). At the same time, the yield index of winter rapeseed will reduce to 1.87 t/ha (1.93 t/ha), and soybeans yield - to 1.28 t/ha (1.3 t/ha).

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