Prospects for growing oilseeds in the Chelyabinsk Region

The conducted analysis covered the size growth of acreages planted with oilseeds in the Chelyabinsk Region over the past three years and the cultivation technology of oil-bearing sunflower on the example of the OOO “Noviy Mir [New World]”. We identified an increase in the acreages of oilseeds in 2022 compared to 2021 by 16.5 % and a decrease in the acreages of oilseeds in 2023 compared to 2022 by 32.2 %. The Varyag sunflower variety showed a better yield in the conditions of drought that was by 0.62 c/ha higher than yield of the Irtysh sunflower variety, but contained less oil by 1.7.