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Experts forecast winter rape sown areas enlargement up to 4 mn ha
28.05.2008 14:59 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
While speaking on International Conference Grain Forum 2008 this year May 27, Company SZS-Ukraine expert Eduard Yershov has forecasted Ukrainian winter rape sown areas would boost up to 4 mn ha “in short run” on condition if plough-land areas get stabilized. As to Yershov, winter rape sown areas enlargement will go on without any negative consequences possible to occur as sown areas structure gets saturated with rape (taking into consideration that rape is cultivated on same field once per 5 years, as to data of Ukrainian Institute of Cruciferous Crops). Yershov is convinced rape growing is promising not only due to stable market demand (leading to stably high prices), – but also due to rape market demand will continue steadily growing owing to biodiesel production development and sunseeds processing facilities volume having already exceeded necessary. As to Agro Perspective earlier report, Ukrainian scientifically justified total rape sown area is considered to be not over 1.8 mn ha, incl. 1.6 mn ha – winter rape/0.2 mn ha – spring rape (as to Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences data). As to Agro Perspective, agrarians had sown winter rape (2008 crop) at 1.5336 mn ha.
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