western australia

The canola crops are looking good this year

@JudyEv (343562)

Rockingham, Australia

August 1, 2022 2:07am CST

We have just moved into the last month of winter in Western Australia and, on the farms, the crops are looking very healthy. The riders at the last endurance ride had some wonderful farm tracks to ride on and, as you can see, the canola (rapeseed) crops made for a wonderful background. It was a cold, blustery day and the sun didn’t come out for long but, when it did, the yellow canola was bright and beautiful. The five horses in the top photo all did 80 kms (50 miles). The rider at the back is only about 13 or 14 and was riding with her mother. After the mother had to withdraw, the young girl rode the second 40 kms on her own. In the lower photo, the horse is a retired pacer. It has been out of action with ulcers and is just now returning to form. It is certainly looking good here. These photos were both taken by Vince and are copyright.

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@Fleura (30694)

• United Kingdom

1 Aug 22

Those flowers certainly do add a splash of bright colour don't they. Here that crop is usually called rape, canola is definitely a nicer name.

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@Fleura (30694)

• United Kingdom

1 Aug 22

@MALUSE I guess they are similar.

@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

It was rape or rape seed for some years then it became canola. I don't know where 'rape' came from but yes, canola is better.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

@MALUSE Maybe 'rape' came from the German.

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@luisga814 (7138)

• Quezon City, Philippines

1 Aug 22

Wow. That's cool. You owned those crops?

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

No, it belongs to a farmer. We were just taking photos of the horses.

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@luisga814 (7138)

• Quezon City, Philippines

1 Aug 22

@JudyEv Oh. I thought you can get some of those crops. Nice horses.

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@LadyDuck (472386)

• Switzerland

1 Aug 22

The yellow of the canola is beautiful, I do not like at all canola oil, but those flowers look great in a photo.

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@LadyDuck (472386)

• Switzerland

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv I love fields of flowers of the same color, the fields of lavender in France are also beautiful.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

They are almost blinding with the sun full on them.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

@LadyDuck I've only seen small fields of lavender. The rows and rows of tulips must be very pretty too.

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@DaddyEvil (138952)

• United States

1 Aug 22

The photos are beautiful, like always!

I'm sure, even without the sun that bright yellow looked beautiful alongside the riders! I'm glad her mom let her finish out the ride instead of making her stop when she did.

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@DaddyEvil (138952)

• United States

1 Aug 22

@JudyEv They look really bright on my screen. I'd be very happy with those pictures. I'm sure the other riders watched out for her while they were riding, though. (That would have been a long ride for me back when I rode horses all the time. She has a right to be proud!)

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

The photos don't appear very bright on my screen. I'm hoping they might be a bit brighter for other people. It's a long way to ride 25 miles perhaps without any company when you've already done 25 miles. She would be a tired little girl at the finish but she was happy to go on without her Mum.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

@DaddyEvil It's good to know the photos look okay. I have a new computer now (haven't used it yet) and hopefully I'll get a better representation.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

2 Aug 22

So lovely photo, captures lots. Beautiful scenery!

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

Sometimes it's nice to get a wider/bigger view although then the horses are smaller.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

@oahuwriter Yes, mostly we crop the photos so the horse is the main focus but some like the odd photo showing the area they were riding through.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26777)

• United States

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv I see, but my guess is, riders buying photo, prefer them bigger?

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@Beestring (14787)

• Hong Kong

1 Aug 22

Very beautiful pictures!

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

Thanks. I'm glad you like them.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

2 Aug 22

That is so nice to see the farm all yellow. I wonder how they are harvested and extracted as oil. I know they are one of the recommended healthy oils used in cooking.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv Interesting looks like it is like grains? Does it have other products besides oil?

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

They are harvested with big machines just like wheat or oats would be harvested. The seed is sent off to be processed into oil.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

@rsa101 I think it is mostly used for oil. One site says it is also used for biodiesel and bio-plastics. The residue may be used for animal feed, pet food and fertilizer.

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@allknowing (138917)

• India

2 Aug 22

Here it is the time for paddy crops to show off. Lush green

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@allknowing (138917)

• India

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv Hues of green - starting with light green and then dark green with yellow ears of paddy.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

Those crops would be very pretty too.

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@averygirl72 (38149)

• Philippines

2 Aug 22

I like the view. I haven't seen a canola crop

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@averygirl72 (38149)

• Philippines

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv Yes it is

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

With the sun on it, it is very pretty.

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@Juliaacv (51917)

• Canada

1 Aug 22

Canola in bloom with the sun shining on it is brilliant, photos rarely do it justice. When we were headed away a month ago we drove by some canola fields. One particular field, close to the road, was filled with people taking pictures. It actually made the news, that these city people, who had never seen canola before, all decided to stop and take pictures of themselves and their passengers in the field. There was significant damage to the crop as a result. Viewing such a crop is lovely in a picture as you have it or from the roadway.

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@Juliaacv (51917)

• Canada

1 Aug 22

@JudyEv They were mostly immigrants that I could see, and they have very little regard for anyone but themselves. Without having an easement to be on the property the owner was able to press trespassing charges.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

1 Aug 22

As you say, it's much brighter in real life. The riders were told to stay out of the crop. It's a wonder the people couldn't have worked it out that going in the crop was a bad idea.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

@Juliaacv Most of our paddocks are fenced but where we lived before the orchards often weren't. People would stop and help themselves to apples, etc, which was pretty bad behaviour really.

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@wolfgirl569 (109728)

• Marion, Ohio

1 Aug 22

That does make a beautiful background for the photos

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@wolfgirl569 (109728)

• Marion, Ohio

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv Especially with that kind of scenery

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

Sometimes it's nice to take a bigger picture to show the terrain and countryside.

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@Marilynda1225 (83418)

• United States

1 Aug 22

Beautiful pictures of both horses and riders along with the gorgeous canola scenery. That's a lot of miles for those horses and riders

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@Marilynda1225 (83418)

• United States

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv endurance certainly is the right word for riding so many miles

@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

It is a lot of miles and they would cover even more in training for the competitions.

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@nela13 (58750)

• Portugal

1 Aug 22

Those yellow crops are beautiful

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

The photos are a bit misty but stuff always looks better in real life.

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@nela13 (58750)

• Portugal

14 Aug 22

@JudyEv I believe they do

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@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

1 Aug 22

That's a really beautiful picture captured, have you rode a horse like that?

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

I had a black pony when I was young and we rode 50 miles just the once. The sport was only beginning at the time and there weren't many opportunities to do it.

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@nitirrbb7 (4317)

• India

3 Aug 22

@JudyEv Yeah today there are more opportunities then they use to be.

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@Orson_Kart (6908)

• United Kingdom

3 Aug 22

We call this rapeseed or oilseed rape. I’ve never heard the name Canola. The flowers appear late spring here and affects my breathing when I pass the fields. We are growing more and more of this in the UK for the oil. Looks fabulous when in full bloom.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

4 Aug 22

It was rapeseed here when it was first introduced but now it's canola. It certainly looks great with the sun on it.

@sjvg1976 (41320)

• Delhi, India

2 Aug 22

These are beautiful pictures. I remember we went to a place where there was a mustard crop everywhere. It looks so good to see it. Below is the picture of my son there.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

The mustard is very pretty there too. It's nice to have photos to look back on.

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@LeaPea2417 (37435)

• Toccoa, Georgia

2 Aug 22

Nice photos. I have bought canola oil before.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

We mostly use canola oil for cooking.

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@RasmaSandra (81617)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

2 Aug 22

I like all that yellow. Rapeseed oil is very popular in Latvia and there are many fields out in the country where you see yellow for miles, Nice looking horse,

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

When the crops flower, it transforms the countryside.

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@RubyHawk (99405)

• Atlanta, Georgia

6 Aug 22

I use canola oil but had never seen it growing Those yellow blossoms are beautiful . I thought canola plants would look like green onions. Beautiful scenery.

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Aug 22

It's quite a tall crop I guess and harvested with the big agricultural harvesters that they use for other grains.

@misunderstood_zombie (8142)

• United States

2 Aug 22

Very nice pictures. So that's where canola oil comes from? So pretty!

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@JudyEv (343562)

• Rockingham, Australia

3 Aug 22

Canola is a big cash crop here. The paddocks do look really pretty when they're in bloom.

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