Rusia: Rapeseed harvest in the Novosibirsk region, where an emergency situation was declared due to bad weather, exceeded the plan

The volume of rapeseed harvested for export in the Novosibirsk Region, where a state of emergency was previously declared due to bad weather, exceeded the planned figures by 12% and amounted to more than 278 thousand tons. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the regional Ministry of Agriculture. In the structure of Novosibirsk Region's exports, a significant share is made up of agricultural products. Earlier, the chairman of the council of the Association of Peasant (Farm) Households and Agricultural Cooperatives of the region, Alexey Salnikov, told TASS that rapeseed was among the crops most affected by the bad weather. "The gross rapeseed harvest in the Novosibirsk Region amounted to 278.9 thousand tons with a yield of 15.4 c/ha (112.0% of the plan) (+95.2 thousand tons compared to the 2023 level)," the press service reported. Rapeseed is an important oilseed crop. The regional Ministry of Agriculture noted that oilseeds and grain crops predominate in the structure ...