Challenges in rapeseed breeding in Poland

In 2002, the rapeseed cultivation area in Poland was over 436,000 ha. ha. Over the years, the upward trend continued with slight fluctuations, and already in 2010 the acreage doubled and amounted to slightly above 946 thousand. ha. For the next 10 years, the area of this cultivation was around 900,000 hectares. ha, and last season a record was broken - rapeseed crops amounted to data of the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture 1.05 million ha. However, according to breeding companies, this is already too high values for Poland, with the use of "narrow" crop rotations. Over the years, rapeseed yields also improved. Looking at the year 2000, the average yields of rapeseed and agrimony given by the Central Statistical Office amounted to 2.19 t/ha. Only four years later, it was already 3.03 t/ha, and in 2020-2022, the average yield was above 3 t/ha. Of course, the variable value of the yield depends on weather conditions, but considerable progress is attributed to ...