Romanian farmers are increasing the area under rapeseed

The total area under oil crops in Romania in FY 2023/24 increased to a record level since FY 2015/16. Sowings increased under all oil crops, but rapeseed provided the biggest increase, Svitlana Kupreyeva, an oil market analyst at UkrAgroConsult, noted. In the structure of oilseed crops in the country, the largest share is sunflower, followed by rapeseed and soybeans. As a result, there were changes in the structure of crops, the share of rapeseed increased significantly - to 32%, the share of sunflower, accordingly, decreased to 60%, - explained the analyst. Kupreeva noted that Romania has significantly developed capacities for the production of biofuel, the needs of which are covered thanks to its own raw materials, and the surplus of the crop is exported mostly to European countries (Germany, France, Belgium and others). We will remind, as of December 15, 2023, the volume of exports of grain and leguminous crops from Ukraine in the 2023/24 season amounted to approximately 15.3 ...