Here is a map of all ag regions in the world, light green. This new map shows that there are 20% more acres under crop cultivation than previously estimated. So much for having to increase production to feed more people, the lands were already being cropped well before the population increase comes. That FAO estimate is probably wildly off just like everything that comes out of these global bodies. More likely propaganda so we overproduce and keep prices low.
https://www.producer.com/2017/11/worlds-farmland-total-bigger-expected/ World’s farmland total bigger than expected
There will be no ag revolution, at least not here. But FSU is waiting to eat our lunch. 100M abandoned acres that could be brought back into production, as much as all farmland in western Canada, and eyeing our Canola markets. We could be majorly fcked.
https://www.producer.com/2019/12/russia-could-become-major-canola-competitor/ Russia could become major canola competitor
****seed is no longer a niche crop in Russia but it is still early days. The industry is looking at Western Canada for guidance and advice because growing conditions are similar in the two countries.
“Your experience is very positive for us to increase the importance of canola in Russia because we’re still in the beginning,†said Tuchin.
He noted that the main spring ****seed area, known as the Siberian ****seed belt, stretches from the Ural mountains to the Altai mountains. It covers a distance equal to that of Winnipeg to Edmonton.
Russia has an estimated 100 million acres of abandoned farmland from the Soviet era that could be brought back into crop production.
“We have huge potential to cultivate abandoned lands,†he said.
https://www.producer.com/2017/11/worlds-farmland-total-bigger-expected/ World’s farmland total bigger than expected
There will be no ag revolution, at least not here. But FSU is waiting to eat our lunch. 100M abandoned acres that could be brought back into production, as much as all farmland in western Canada, and eyeing our Canola markets. We could be majorly fcked.
https://www.producer.com/2019/12/russia-could-become-major-canola-competitor/ Russia could become major canola competitor
****seed is no longer a niche crop in Russia but it is still early days. The industry is looking at Western Canada for guidance and advice because growing conditions are similar in the two countries.
“Your experience is very positive for us to increase the importance of canola in Russia because we’re still in the beginning,†said Tuchin.
He noted that the main spring ****seed area, known as the Siberian ****seed belt, stretches from the Ural mountains to the Altai mountains. It covers a distance equal to that of Winnipeg to Edmonton.
Russia has an estimated 100 million acres of abandoned farmland from the Soviet era that could be brought back into crop production.
“We have huge potential to cultivate abandoned lands,†he said.
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