The UK winter oilseed rape area is set for a significant drop this season amid falling prices, enforced rotational changes and pest attack.After a record high in autumn 2012 of 756,000ha, the area dropped about 6% after a difficult growing season and late cereal harvest for 2013.That trend may continue, with experts predicting the 2014 crop could shrink by between 5-15%, taking plantings below 700,000ha for the first time since 2010.United Oilseeds trade 25% of the national crop and supply about 30% of the seed planted across the country and its trading manager Owen Cligg says it is particularly tricky to estimate this season.
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