Canola Fields in Samsun Welcomed Spring

In Samsun, the blooming canola plant painted the fields yellow. The breathtaking canola fields created postcard-perfect views. Canola, one of the oilseed plants that play an important role in meeting Turkey’s vegetable oil needs, is expanding its production areas. Planted in 3,000 decares in 2023 and planned to be planted in 3,500 decares in 2024, canola bloomed with spring. Canola, coloring the fields yellow, created mesmerizing landscapes.

Canola Production on the Rise in Samsun

The canola fields located in the Havza district of Samsun attract the attention of everyone passing by. Those passing by stop to take souvenir photos with their cell phones.

Providing information about canola production, the Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Ibrahim Sağlam, said, ‘In Samsun, we produced nearly 2,000 tons on approximately 3,000 decares in 2022 and 2023. We plan to produce on 3,500 decares in 2024. Canola is not only considered as an oilseed plant. Besides oil, canola is also used in various branches of industry such as candles, newspaper ink, and lipstick.’

Explaining that they implemented a project under the name ‘First Bee Flowers of Spring,’ Sağlam stated, ‘Within the scope of this project, we produced on approximately 3,000 decares under the General Directorate of Plant Production of our Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. This year, we will also produce on 3,500 decares. In our oilseed plants, both the price difference support and diesel fertilizer support are higher.’

• For the 2023 production, farmers were supported with 121 TL per decare for diesel and 21 TL for fertilizer.
• Under the price difference support program, approximately 100 kuruş per kilogram support was provided.
• A support of 40 TL per decare was provided for the use of certified seeds.

In Samsun and Turkey, especially among oilseed plants like cotton, sunflower, peanuts, and soybeans, canola ranks third. People who migrated from the Balkans in the 1960s brought it here and started cultivation. Therefore, canola is cultivated both as a summer and winter crop. When sown as a winter crop, it serves as an excellent rotation crop in cereal fields.