In Brazil, rapeseed sowings are almost completed and the wheat sowings will be widespread next week

A lot of activity in the countryside of Castilla y León, with a very advanced rape planting, almost finished, and numerous farmers who already prepare the soil and fertilize to start with the wheat. The early risers have already been planting this cereal for five days, while the sunflower harvest, which has not finished, continues to give good news. Fernando Garrachón, from Lidea, highlights an increase in interest in rapeseed, with an increase in plantings, both in dry land and irrigated land. Prices have helped, which have made many farmers think about this option from the beginning. The increase in plantings is due to a greater area dedicated to rapeseed among those who had already been sowing it, but also to the fact that the number of professionals who bet on it has grown. In the case of Lidea customers, "we have the advantage that our company opted for rape from the beginning, so that the farmer who wants to try it can turn to our distributors, who are experts in ...