How much rapeseed has been sown in Poland in recent years?

20 years ago, the same area as root crops today If less than 0.5 million ha of rapeseed were sown in Poland now, it would mean that the crop structure in our country has undergone drastic changes. Meanwhile, two decades ago, this crop was far from being popular in terms of the area that has been appearing in our country for several years. In 2001, slightly over 440 thousand ha were sown in Poland. At that time, rapeseed was grown in our country by slightly over 40 thousand farms. Interestingly, in the next two seasons, this area did not grow, and in fact was lower. It was not until 2004, i.e. at the time when Poland joined the EU, that more rapeseed was sown. In 2004, the area was around 550 thousand ha. This is still much less compared to how much of this plant is sown in Poland today. 600 thousand ha was not exceeded until 2006. And until the end of the first decade of the 21st century, the area in Poland was growing - for example, in 2009 there were about 800 thousand ha of ...