Uzbekistan: Soy, companion plant for many crops

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. 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. ...