Which regions of Russia harvested the highest oilseed crop in 2021?

Published 2022년 2월 2일

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Russia has seen a significant increase in its oilseed harvest in 2021, setting a new record with over 23 million tons, marking a 4% increase from 2019. The harvest included 15.5 million tons of sunflower, 2.79 million tons of rapeseed, 4.76 million tons of soybeans, and the forecast for oilseed flax is 1.1 million tons. The Rostov region has become the leader in sunflower harvesting, replacing Saratov, while soybean cultivation has expanded in the European part of Russia due to favorable pricing and demand. The Tambov region also saw a significant increase in soybean harvest, recording a record crop of over 330 thousand tons.

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In the past few years, in the main regions of oilseeds producers in the Russian Federation, there has been a steady increase in the harvest of sunflower, soybeans, rapeseed and curled flax: for example, compared to 2018 by 2021, the volumes in percentage terms increased in the range from 15% to 100% depending on the selected culture. The past calendar year clearly confirms this. The preliminary results of the harvesting campaign have again updated the record harvest for the country - more than 23 million tons, which is 4% more than the previous achievement in 2019. The final harvesting results will be known to the market in March. In total, Russian farmers harvested more than 15.5 million tons of sunflower (+16.8% compared to 2020), 2.79 million tons of rapeseed (+8.1% compared to 2020) and 4.76 million tons of soybeans in test weight ( +10.7% by 2020). As for oilseed flax, here the estimate of the gross harvest will be known only by the beginning of spring, but the analysts of ...

Source: Oilworld