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  • n  seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil

  • For example, a farmer can grow rapeseed in his fields and then make his own fuel by extracting the oil with a cheap press.
  • This German landscape is a patchwork of rapeseed fields between cornfields and other food crops.
  • German brewers warn that European Union subsidies, which support the planting of rapeseed for conversion into biodiesel, discourage farmers from planting barley, which could mean .
News & Articles

  • U.K. May Become Rapeseed Net Importer After Rain, Slugs Cut Crop
    The U.K. may become a net importer of rapeseed for the first time in four years after excess rain swamped fields and crops were damaged by pigeons and slugs.
    June 18, 2013 - Bloomberg
  • BioExx Receives Notices of Allowance for Two U.S. Protein Patent Applications
    TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - June 18, 2013) - BioExx Specialty Proteins Ltd. ("BioExx" or the "Company") (TSX:BXI), today announced that it has received two Notices of Allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") for two separate patent applications related to its canola and rapeseed protein products and processing technologies. A Notice of Allowance from the USPTO ...
    June 18, 2013 - Marketwire
Quotes

  • Jody Scheckter in Wheels24.co.za
    We are trying to be self-sustaining on energy, the first estate in England to be so, and fossil-fuel-free. We are doing a lot of work on rapeseed oil and anaerobic digestors and things like that,said Scheckter.
  • Boyden Gray in MSNBC
    In Europe, biodiesel is defined in such a way that appears to exclude any feedstock except rapeseed,Mr Gray said. "But I'm confident jatropha will be blessed [at the Washington meeting]. I think we're going to be able to announce pretty...

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