Rapeseed in the 2025 season - what harvest?

The 2025 season brought a lot of emotions to rapeseed producers. The crop, which for years has been one of the pillars of Polish agriculture, once again demonstrated its potential, although it was not without challenges. The GUS published the final estimate of production, from which it is clear that farmers increased the area of rapeseed, and the harvest was significantly higher than the previous year. At the same time, the weather during the harvest period strongly affected the quality of the seeds, which in many farms translated into lower raw material parameters. What were the rapeseed harvests in 2025? The rapeseed and camelina harvests started locally in the second half of July, and on a large scale they were carried out in the first and second decade of August. By the end of the month, the harvest was completed throughout the country. The pace of work was good, but the weather did not make the task easier. Frequent rainfall during the harvest hindered the entry of machinery ...