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Uzbekistan: Soy, companion plant for many crops

Soybean
Uzbekistan
Published May 19, 2022

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Soybean sown areas in Uzbekistan are growing from year to year. In 2022, it is planned to sow 146.5 thousand hectares of soybeans, including 82.5 thousand hectares in open fields and 64.0 thousand hectares in cotton inter-rows. In particular, soybeans were grown on 18.5 thousand hectares in 2018, on 19.8 thousand hectares in 2019, and on 17.314 thousand hectares in 2020. In total, by the end of this year, the country is expected to produce 165.0 thousand tons of soybeans. It will produce 34,000 tons of vegetable oil and 128,000 tons of soybean meal.

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Soybean meal will be sent to 38 million industrial birds. Given the growing demand for soybeans and other oilseeds in Uzbekistan, the first elite soybean and oilseed seed farm was established in the country in 2022. 512 hectares of land have been allocated for a centralized seed farm in the Altynbashak massif of the Gallyaaral district of the Jizzakh region, of which 357 hectares are sown with soybeans and 100 hectares with safflower. By the end of the year, it is planned to grow 800 tons of selected seeds on these areas. High-yielding super-elite and elite soybean seeds of local selection "Tomaris Man-60", "Ustoz", "Baraka" and "Gavkhar" are grown here. Soybeans have been sown on 80.3 thousand hectares of open land (sowing works continue on 2.2 thousand hectares). At present, the crop has already sprouted on 65.4 thousand hectares. Of these, 43.0 thousand hectares of soybeans were cultivated between rows, 10.4 thousand hectares were fed and 19.4 thousand hectares were irrigated. ...
Source: Oilworld
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