In Ukraine, only 33 percent of the areas with autumn rapeseed were sown at the optimal time.

In Ukraine, only 33 percent of the areas with autumn rapeseed were harvested at the optimal time, as dry weather and low prices due to the export duty hindered the campaign.

In southern and eastern Ukraine, the weather remains quite dry, which reduces the potential of the sunflower and corn harvest and hinders the sowing of winter rapeseed, commented experts at the Ukrainian branch of the French company for the trade and transport of agricultural products GrainTrade. As of September 1, 377,000 hectares of winter rapeseed were sown in Ukraine, which is 33.8% of the planned 1.114 million hectares, they specified without indicating the source of the information. For comparison – as of September 2, 2024, 446,200 hectares, or 37.8% of the planned 1.180 million hectares, were sown with winter rapeseed in Ukraine, but eventually the areas were expanded to 1.3 million hectares despite the loss of part of the crops in winter and spring. The optimal period for sowing rapeseed in Ukraine is between August 5 and September 5, but given the forecast of dry and hot weather for the next two weeks, farmers are unlikely to sow, and only with rainfall will some of them ...