The acreage of sunflower in Russia in 2019
In 2019, according to Rosstat, the acreage of sunflower in Russia in farms of all categories were at levels 8 505,3 thousand ha, which is 4.2 percent (345,2 thousand hectares) than a year earlier. In five years, the size of crops increased by 23.1% (1 594,0 thousand ha) in ten years - 37.2% (2 306,2 thousand hectares). In 2001 sowed 3 AZN 827.1 thousand hectares of sunflower.
TOP-5 regions by size of sunflower
1. Saratov oblast (the size of the area in 2019.- 1311,7 thousand hectares share in total acreage is 15.4%).
2. Orenburg oblast (1 010,7 thousand hectares to 11.9%).
3. Rostov oblast (717,4 thousand hectares of 8.4%).
4. Altai Krai (712,9 thousand hectares of 8.4%).
5. Samara oblast (688,7 thousand hectares 8.1 per cent).
Also in the TOP 20 largest regions by sowing areas of sunflower in 2019 were: Volgograd oblast, Krasnodar Krai, Voronezh, Tambov region, Stavropol Krai, Penza oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Ulyanovsk, Lipetsk, Belgorod, Kursk region, Tatarstan, Chelyabinsk, Orel region, Republic of Crimea.
Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"
