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The rapeseed crop Zhu Yingqing harvested three years ago is still in his barn.

The 46-year-old farmer from Duji township in Hefei, Anhui province, last planted in the autumn of 2011, and harvested seeds the following summer. The seeds were kept by the family to produce vegetable oil for daily use.