Although oilseed rape has been grown in Europe since the 16th century it is only since the 1960s, as part of a policy of self-sufficiency in vegetable oils, that it has become a major crop. Apart from the intrinsic problems of crop management and the control of pests and diseases, growers have had to face others arising from EEC regulations concerning the composition of the oil and price support policies often conceived without proper understanding of the requirements of the crop.
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