The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has forecasted that the cultivation of rapeseed in the US for the 2024/2025 season will surpass 1 million hectares for the first time, with an estimated area of 1.066 million hectares, marking an 186 thousand hectare increase or a 21% rise from the previous year. This is anticipated to result in a record rapeseed harvest of over 2.1 million tons. The surge in cultivation is primarily driven by the growing demand for meal as feed in milk production and oil as a basis for biofuels. The states leading the increase in rapeseed cultivation are North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Minnesota. However, the growth in US production has not been able to meet the surging demand, leading to a constant increase in the import of rapeseed meal and oil, mainly from Canada.