Rapeseed lose ground as a crop in the European Union in the next decade as biofuel demand wanes and other oilseeds capture more growth from edible oil and livestock feed markets. A sharp decline in the rapeseed area, to around 6 million hectares by 2030-31 versus an average 6.5 million in the past five years, would outweigh improving yields and push down production. Farm-level rapeseed production was projected to decline to 20.7 million tonnes by 2030-31. The EU produced an estimated 21.7 million in the current crop year.