# Chinese rapeseed acres could explode | The Western Producer

> The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is testing a winter rapeseed variety for idle rice fields in Jiangxi province. The crop could eventually be grown on about 10.6 million acres and add roughly 11.25 million tonnes of annual output.

- Date: 2023-04-21 · published 2023-04-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region China · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36356-chinese-rapeseed-acres-could-explode-the-western-producer
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded Chinese rapeseed production could reduce import demand for Canadian canola over time, a bearish factor for canola meal and oil, though the effect is years away.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- producer.com: https://www.producer.com/markets/chinese-rapeseed-acres-could-explode/

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