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Canola in the News
2025
- Montana growers to vote on canola checkoff - Capital Press - Apr 22, 2025
- Harvard study finds seed oils healthier than butter - The Western Producer, Mar 18, 2025
- Butter vs Vegetable Oil effect on death study - the science explained - Nutrition Made Simple! (video), Mar 10, 2025
- Canola acreage expands amid renewable diesel growth (subscription required)- Agri-Pulse - Feb 12, 2025 (pdf)
2024
- 2024 A Challenging Season For Northwest Canola Growers - PNW Ag Network - Oct 10, 2024
- Farm regulators retain Central Oregon canola prohibition - Capital Press - Sept 20, 2024
- Canola debate widens with proposal to eliminate Central Oregon restrictions - Capital Press - May 23, 2024
- Northwest canola tours kick off this week - Capital Press - May 13, 2024
- Montana oilseed growers renew push for an advisory committee - Bozeman Chronicle - April 1, 2024
- Oregon House votes to continue canola farming cap in the Willamette Valley, despite push to expand the crop’s footprint - OR Public Broadcasting- Feb 22, 2024
- Rejecting last-minute proposals, Oregon House extends 500-acre canola limit - Capital Press - Feb. 22, 2024
- Canola, pulse prices will firm up in 2024, economist predicts - Capital Press - Jan. 15, 2024
- Oregon proposal would triple canola acreage then remove limit - Capital Press - Jan. 10, 2024
2023
- Possible canola legislation faces biotech enforcement questions - Capital Press - Dec 21, 2023
- PNW Canola Harvest in a Tough Spot - PNW Ag Network - Sept 19, 2023
- Canola discussion focuses on public pinning map - Capital Press - Aug 8, 2023
- THE RISE OF CANOLA: Northwest canola acreage continues to surge - Capital Press - Aug 3, 2023
- Diamondback moth larvae damage 'really severe' in some spring canola fields - Capital Press - July 17, 2023
- House votes to extend Oregon canola limit another year - Capital Press - June 21, 2023
- Canola flood planned for U.S. - The Western Producer - Mar 23, 2023
- Corteva, Bunge and Chevron collaborate to produce winter canola as feedstock for biobased diesel - Biobased Diesel Daily - Mar 14, 2023
- Oregon lawmakers again face debate on 500-acre canola limit - Capital Press - Mar 8, 2023
- Senate proposal stirs up a longtime controversy over canola in the Willamette Valley - Oregon Capital Chronicle - Mar 8, 2023
- Montana Specialty Mills Expands Operations in Great Falls - Northern Ag Network - Jan 17, 2023
- Canola could reach 400,000 acres in 2023 - Capital Press - Jan 5, 2023
Click here to access News archives 2017-2022
Industry Reports
- USDA-NASS weekly Crop Progress Reports
- Montana
- Idaho, Oregon, Washington (unfortunately does not include canola!)
- U.S. - 'major' commodities (not canola, but does include wheat)
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2024
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2023
- USDA-NASS Washington State Top 10 Commodities and Value of Production in 2021 - Oct. 2022
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2022
- USDA-NASS 2021 Crop Production Summary - January 2022 (pg. 48 for canola)
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2021
- USDA-NASS Crop Production 2020 Summary - January 2021
Industry Newsletters
- Canola Quick Bytes - U.S. Canola Association (monthly newsletter)
- Canola Quick Bytes on USCA YouTube channel
- Canola Watch - Canola Council of Canada
- Other newsletters offered by Canola Council of Canada
Tours
- Keep an eye on our website calendar for 2024 winter and spring canola tours across the 4-state region beginning in early June!Â