Ukraine increased the share of import seeds usage for rapeseed planting works

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APK-Inform

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In terms of reduction of winter rapeseed planted areas in Ukraine, agrarians started increasing the share of usage of imported seeds, declared the oilseed market analyst at APK-Inform Agency, Anna Burka.

According to the official data, during three recent years the planted areas under winter rapeseed in Ukraine significantly decreased. So, agrarians planted the oilseed for the harvest-2014 throughout the areas of 939 thsd ha, then for the harvest-2016 the index fell by 30% - to 655 thsd ha. Therefore, the need for seeds also declined. But the share of used import seeds for planting of winter rapeseed for the harvest of 2014- and 2015, totaled nearly 30%, then for the harvest-2016 - nearly 39%.

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