Argentine rape

Rapeseed/Canola belongs to the turnip rutabaga, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and mustard family of crops that can be grown at low temperatures and moderate humidity. Three species have been grown as oilseeds Brassica napus, known in Europe as rape, oil rape, Swede rape, and Argentine rape B. campestris, known as rapeseed, oil turnip, turnip rape, and Polish rape and B. juncea, known as leaf mustard, brown mustard, Oriental mustard, and Indian mustard. B. campestris was grown in India as early as 2000-1500 BC. 

Other Whole Oilseeds. Various oilseeds have been fed whole, or dehulled, when available for feed at competitive prices or in grades substandard for extraction but still wholesome for feeding. Examples include safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), fat content 35%, dmb and oil-type sunflower seed fat content 44%, dmb. Currently, interest is high in feeding whole canola seed (41 6% oil) in Canada and northern European countries. Double-zero strains of Brassica napus (rapeseed, oilseed rape, swede rape, and Argentine rape) and Brassica campestris (turnip rape, oil... 

In 1942, the Wartime Agricultural Supply Board instructed the Forage Crop Division at Saskatoon to initiate production of rapeseed. Because only a small quantity of seed was available in Canada, 41,000 pounds of seed were purchased from the United States. This seed, which had originated in Argentina, became the source of Canadian varieties of Brassica napus and rapeseed of the Brassica napus species came to be known as Argentine rape in Canada (rape in Europe). 

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