Farm gate receipts for canola deliveries in 2012 were $8.1 billion in Canada, according to estimates in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s recently released Farm Income Forecast.
Research conducted by the University of Manitoba indicates pork producers can include much higher levels of canola meal in the diets of nursery pigs than previously believed without impacting performance.
Canada’s canola sector will benefit from a targeted research and development plan to promote the industry’s strategic growth.
CWB announced today that it has begun selling farmers’ canola, the first time in 63 years that a new crop has been added to its marketing mix.
Farm gate receipts for canola deliveries in 2011 reached $7.3 billion in Canada, up 30.6 per cent from 2010, according to Statistics Canada’s report from February 23.
One of the world’s largest producers of livestock feed has announced it intends to purchase up to $300 million of Canadian canola meal annually by 2015.
Comparative data on canola seed varieties is now available to growers from the new Canola Performance Trials (CPT) 2011.
Canola harvested in very hot weather has to go on aeration to cool it off. Even if dry, hot canola can start to heat and spoil within weeks.
Canola growers in pockets across the Prairies are seeing a rise in bertha armyworm feeding.
The canola industry will be better positioned to tap new markets and increase existing markets as a result of a more than $1 million investment from the Government of Canada.
