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Cultivation and uses
Rapeseed is grown for the production of animal feed, vegetable oil for human consumption, and biodiesel; leading producers include the European Union, Canada, the United States, Australia, China and India. In India, it is grown on 13% of cropped land. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, rapeseed was the third leading source of vegetable oil in the world in 2000, after soybean and oil palm, and also the world's second leading source of protein meal, although only one-fifth of the production of the leading soybean meal. World production is growing rapidly, with FAO reporting that 36 million tonnes of rapeseed was produced in the 2003-4 season, and 46 million tonnes in 2004-5. In Europe, rapeseed is primarily cultivated for animal feed (due to its very high lipid and medium protein content), and is a leading option for Europeans to avoid importation of GMO products.
Natural rapeseed oil contains erucic acid, which is mildly toxic to humans in large doses but is used as a food additive in smaller doses. Canola, originally a syncopated form of the abbreviation "Can.O., L-A." (Canadian Oilseed, Low-Acid) that was used by the Manitoba government to label the seed during its experimental stages, is now a tradename for low erucic acid rapeseed that is sometimes mis-applied to other varieties.
The rapeseed is the valuable, harvested component of the crop. The crop is also grown as a winter-cover crop. It provides good coverage of the soil in winter, and limits nitrogen run-off. The plant is ploughed back in the soil or used as bedding. On some ecological or organic operations, livestock such as sheep or cattle are allowed to graze on the plants.
Processing of rapeseed for oil production provides rapeseed animal meal as a by-product. The by-product is a high-protein animal feed, competitive with soya. The feed is mostly employed for cattle feeding, but also for pigs and chickens (though less valuable for these). The meal has a very low content of the glucosinolates responsible for metabolism disruption in cattle and pigs. Rapeseed "oil cake" is also used as a fertilizer in China, and may be used for ornamentals, such as Bonsai, as well.
Rapeseed leaves and stems are also edible, similar to those of the related bok choy or kale. Some varieties of rapeseed (called 油菜, yóu cài, lit. "oil vegetable" in Chinese; yau choy in Cantonese; cải dầu in Vietnamese; and 菜の花, nanohana in Japanese) are sold as greens, primarily in Asian groceries.
Rapeseed is a heavy nectar producer, and honeybees produce a light colored, but peppery honey from it. It must be extracted immediately after processing is finished, as it will quickly granulate in the honeycomb and will be impossible to extract. The honey is usually blended with milder honeys, if used for table use, or sold as bakery grade. Rapeseed growers contract with beekeepers for the pollination of the crop.
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Taken at Ninomiya, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Harvest waiting to be collected in one of the fields and fields of Rape Seed flowering alongside. This is at Roel Gate in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds UK.
Dana Zedak; Director of Community Relations for Rape Crisis Center and Battered Women’s Shelter, with Summit GM Tommy Bruno
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When I took the shots from the other side of the river, I was freakin molested to all hell by the mosquitoes in the marshy bushes. Those were 3 of the nice big ones.
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A bright yellow field full of Rape, (Brassica napus). Also a pillbox/bunker in the field.
Seen from Thanet Way.
Not quite sure how Flickr make this City of Canterbury, it is just along the road from Herne Bay.
There's no question the Greek and Roman gods were a dysfunctional bunch of jerks and sociopaths.
Props to guidbook author Rick Steves for pointing out the helical compositions of several of these sculptures. That was a little "ah ha!" moment.
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Having spied this place (many times) during the course of the working week finally decided to go and have a look… it was an easy hop over the fence and a breeze to walk into….but what a disappointment ! the place has been raped ! well and truly raped…every bit of cable gone, all the pipework removed. It was just a shell!
Forget my tripod also so ramped up the ISO for some handheld shots…processed the pics to make them look vaguely interesting!
Clearly the neighbours were asleep as this place is overlooked by loads of housing and no-one batted an eyelid when we vaulted back over the fence on the way out…
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