MORE OIL CROPS TO BE GROWN IN RUSSIA IN 2024
28 March 2024 |
According to the forecast of OleoScope information analysis agency, areas under four key oil crops will increase to more than 17 million hectares this year. A year earlier, they amounted to 16 million 965 thousand hectares. There will be increased areas under soybean (to 4 million hectares), rapeseed (2.25-2.35 million hectares), and oil flax (to 1.45-1.55 million hectares), while areas under sunflower will decrease to 9.55-9.7 million hectares.In 2023, oil crop processing capacity in Russia was about 31.3 million tons. This year, according to analysts, the capacity will increase to 33 million tons.