angler Loc: StHelens England

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angler Loc: StHelens England

Thank you very much for looking in Ron and you are probably right about the machinery but i have found some info for you.Rapeseed is primarily grown for its oil. A big challenge to profitable rapeseed production is the limited use and market for the meal remaining after oil processing. In some areas, rapeseed, which contains more than 40 percent oil, becomes more profitable than soybeans, which contain 18 percent oil. Rapeseed is also beneficial as a cover crop and for annual forage. It provides good soil cover over winter to prevent soil erosion, produces large amounts of biomass, suppresses weeds, and can improve soil tilth with its root system.

Some cultivars of summer annual rape are used for grazing. They are especially useful for finishing lambs, flushing ewes, for dairy cows and pastured sows Forage rape is ready to graze 80 to 90 days after planting. Winter rapeseed types can also be grazed by livestock during the fall growth period.Hope this helps.Jim

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

Indeed! Sounds like a super plant to me. What is the oil used for? I’m assuming we’re talking nutritional purposes.
Ron

angler Loc: StHelens England

Rapeseed
Revised February 2022

Overview

Rapeseed, (Brassica napus var. napus), is a winter or spring annual oil crop in the Brassica family. It is also known as rape and oilseed rape. Rapeseed is related to mustard, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and turnip. Rapeseed plants grow from three to five feet tall and have yellow flowers with four petals. It has a deep taproot and a fibrous, near-surface root system.

There can be confusion between what is rapeseed and what is canola, since canola is the same species as rapeseed. Rapeseed is the traditional name for the group of oilseed crops in the Brassicaceae family but that group is now divided into two — industrial rapeseed and canola. Visually, the seeds of the two types are identical. The distinguishing difference between the two types is their fatty acid profiles and the presence of gluscosinolates. Currently the term rapeseed, or industrial rapessed refers to any rapeseed with a high content of erucic acid in the oil (typically at least 45 percent). The name ‘Canola’ was registered in 1979 in Canada and refers to the edible oil crop that is characterized by low erucic acid (less than 2 percent) and low levels of glucosinolates. Since the production techniques for the two types are similar, there are frequent references to canola in this profile. The focus of this profile, however, is on industrial rapeseed. Canola is featured elsewhere in this website.

Rapeseed is primarily grown for its oil. A big challenge to profitable rapeseed production is the limited use and market for the meal remaining after oil processing. In some areas, rapeseed, which contains more than 40 percent oil, becomes more profitable than soybeans, which contain 18 percent oil. Rapeseed is also beneficial as a cover crop and for annual forage. It provides good soil cover over winter to prevent soil erosion, produces large amounts of biomass, suppresses weeds, and can improve soil tilth with its root system.Hope this helps.

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

Cool. Thanks for the education. Never too old to learn.
Ron

angler Loc: StHelens England

Your welcome Ron.

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Very nice, Jim!

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angler Loc: StHelens England

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Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Excellent set Jim, the crop is a lot further on than our rape seed fields.

angler Loc: StHelens England

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