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The global area planted with canola is expected to reach 35.6 million hectares in the 2021/22 harvest, an increase of 1.4% compared to the current harvest, according to recent information published by the International Grain Council (IGC).
“Canada is expected to see the largest increase in area,” the German Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants (UFOP) said in a press release on January 4.
“The country could produce rapeseed on around 8.7 million hectares for the 2021 harvest. This would translate into an increase of 4.6% for the year. ”
However, these numbers were projected as seedings would not be done until spring 2021.
“On the other hand, the comparatively low stocks in Canada and high rapeseed prices suggest that the Canadian rapeseed area could be expanded.”
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Farmers in other major countries where rapeseed was grown would also likely sow more rapeseed in 2020/21, UFOP said. These countries included India with an increase of 2.8% to 7.4 million ha and Russia with an increase of 1.1% to 1.4 million ha.
In contrast, the area planted with rapeseed in the EU27 + UK would decrease slightly by 0.1 M ha to 5.5 M ha, according to agricultural market information company Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft mbH (AMI).
“While Germany and Poland are expected to see an expansion in area, their expansion will not offset the declines predicted for France, southeast Europe and the United Kingdom,” the UFOP said.
The IGC also expected a sharp drop of 16.4% to 0.9 million ha for Ukraine as a result of excessively dry conditions at sowing time.
This text was automatically translated from English.
Source: Oils & Fats International (OFI)
