Abstract: Rapeseed is the world's third leading source of vegetable oil, and also the second leading source of protein meal. The process of drying and storage of rapeseed influences physiological characteristics of the seed and production of the plant. On the basis of analysis of the requirements of rapeseed drying for seeding purposes, the status of application, study, and equipment development was presented in this paper. Then, the development trend of rapeseed drying for seeding purposes was prospected as follows: for study, subjects of effects of drying process on physiological characteristics, heat and mass transfer characteristics, control and optimization of drying process, application of CFD, and experimental study of new drying technologies should be focused on; for equipment development, medium and small scale rapeseed dryer, and dryer for plot harvesting are required, and parameter optimization and better process control strategy can be applied to the commonly used drying equipment of rapeseed to greatly improve its overall performance.