The oilseed crop comprises three essential parts.

In EU, oilseed plants, particularly rapeseed, are used more often than sugar beet to produce biofuel.

Liquid bioenergy sources in Germany. In 2003, German farmers planted about 460,000 hectares of oilseed rape to produce about 650,000 tons of biodiesel.

Existing agricultural distribution facilities can also be utilized to convey increased oilseed production, which is not the case for any other sustainable transport fuel

(e) Utilization of current low value exportable surpluses in cereals and oilseed rape, ensuring minimal land use change required to supply a 2 per cent biofuel target.

The substitution of forests by maize, rape, and other oilseed cultivation reduces the stock of biomass and likewise leads to an increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Several animal and vegetable oils are being displaced in the food market as a result of health factors biodiesel from these resources could offer a high value alternative market for oilseed and tallow producers.

Depending on the requirements of crop rotation and location, the area for the cultivation of oilseed rape for biodiesel could be expanded to 1 million hectares, covering approximately 5 per cent of German diesel demand in the medium term.

Through support of a domestically fed biofuel industry, a base will be placed in the cereal and oilseed market and new markets found for the restructured sugar beet industry, without which marginal land is predicted to become a monoculture of grass