Spain: Sunflower acreage in Navarra increases by 44 percent

Olimerca.- With a total of 324,701 hectares, the cultivated area in Navarra remained stable in 2022, this is barely 0.03% less than in the previous year, according to provisional data from the Survey on Crop Areas and Yields of Spain (Esyrce), published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. However, the survey shows the notable increase in the sunflower area in Navarra with a 44% increase compared to the previous year (from 4,352 hectares in 2021 to 6,259 hectares in 2022). For its part, rapeseed rose by nearly 30% (from 6,401 hectares to 8,290 hectares) in the area of arable land in Navarra. This double increase would be due, in large part, to the increase in the prices of vegetable oil. In the words of Jesús Goñi, coordinator of Experimentation at INTIA, "the increase in the area of oilseed crops could not be attributed to the conflict in Ukraine because, despite its great influence on the current price increase, this increase and high prices for these products it ...