Despite the winter cold and lack of soil moisture during the planting season, the gross yield of rapeseed in France may exceed initial expectations. The onset of cold weather, was gradual, and the crop entered the winter in poor condition, suffered a good frost, a spokesman for the French research Institute Terres Inovia.
However, due to the reduction of the area during the autumn drought, the total harvest will not exceed last year. Current estimates of the Ministry of agriculture of France, the acreage of the crop in 2017. amounted to 1.4 million hectares, which is 7% lower than last year. With low soil moisture continues to concern farmers of France.
In Germany the rapeseed crop is expected to be above last year, due to favourable conditions during winter and the extension of cultivated area on average by 0.8% compared with 2016. However, farmers see the risk of damage by pests in the spring because of the ban on the use in EU pesticide class neonicotinoids.
In Poland there is no precise estimates of crop losses due to freezing. The farmers hope to increase harvest to 2.7-2.8 million tonnes (2.2 million tonnes in 2016.) due to the expansion of acreage under this crop on 6-12% in comparison with the current season.
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Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"