Where Does Canola Oil Come From?

When you purchase canola oil from a grocery store, it has come from small beginnings! See our new video "Canola in the Pacific Northwest: From Farm to Table", or for a quick overview, canola production looks something like this:

Canola Production in the PNW and United States

In 2024, an estimated 2.723 million acres of canola were planted in the U.S. with a national average yield of almost 1,784 pounds per acre. This accounted for more than 4.83 billion pounds of canola production. In the four-state PNW region, canola was planted on 455,370 acres with an average yield of 1,563 pounds per acre for a total production of 646 million pounds (drought in a large portion of the PNW reduced the long-term average yield) .