Ukraine 2020 sunflower harvest near end, seen falling

Ukraine’s 2020 sunflower seed harvest is seen falling sharply as farmers threshing 12.9 million tonnes of the commodity from 99 per cent area compared with 15.3 million tonnes harvested in 2019, the Economy Ministry’s data showed on Nov. 17. Ukraine is the world’s largest sunflower oil exporter. Analysts APK-Inform earlier on Tuesday said the 2020-21[...]

EU rapeseed in good shape despite early problems

Rapeseed crops in the European Union’s largest producers are in reasonable condition despite the double blows of drought and late-spring frosts, experts said May 18. A question mark remains over crops in the third-largest producer, Poland, where frosts in early May hit rapeseed at a vulnerable time as hundreds of thousands of hectares of yellow[...]


EU still on track for bigger rapeseed crop

Rapeseed in the EU’s major growing countries was mostly in reasonable shape, despite localized damage caused by dry sowing conditions and winter frosts. This keeps the EU on course for a rebound from last year’s disappointing harvest. Analysts Strategie Grains recently cut their forecast for EU 2017 rapeseed production by 500,000 tonnes to 21.56 million,[...]