Russia: Hemp and rapeseed are called to become "locomotives" of crop production in Buryatia

Published 2022년 4월 20일

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The Ministry of Agriculture of Buryatia in Russia is planning to start cultivating high-margin oilseeds, including technical hemp and rapeseed, across 1245 hectares in 2022, up from 260 hectares in 2021. The trial run in 2021 showed promising results in terms of yield and profitability. Hemp is expected to be used for hemp oil, textile, and building materials, while rapeseed will be used for oil, livestock feed, and diesel fuel. Despite the challenges like the risk of pollination with wild hemp and the lack of necessary knowledge among farmers, the high market demand and profitability are expected to drive mass cultivation in Buryatia. Farmer Tamir Shagdarov plans to increase the sown area and expand the production of oil and animal feed.

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In the agriculture of Buryatia in 2022, the introduction of high-margin oilseeds - technical hemp and rapeseed - will begin. The experience of 2021, when these crops were experimentally planted on a small plot, showed their high yield and profitability. — We are increasing the sown areas for technical and oilseeds by almost five times. Last year there were 260 hectares, this year we are sown 1245 hectares: 500 hectares of rapeseed and almost 750 hectares of hemp. Plus, it is planned to sow 300 hectares of flax in the Kyakhtinsky district, also for oil, - said the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus Galsan Dareev. Technical, cannabinoid-free, hemp serves as a raw material for obtaining hemp oil, which is pressed from seeds, green mass - a source of hemp and cellulose - can be used in the textile industry or for the manufacture of fibrous building materials. In February 2020, the Russian government allowed the cultivation of industrial hemp varieties for industrial ...

Source: Oilworld