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2022

• PNW Canola Association supporting canola growers - Prairie Star - Aug 12, 2022
• Canola fields are expanding fast in Eastern Washington - The Spokesman-Review - Aug 2, 2022
• Canola Association weighs in on the oilseed's RFS eligibility - RFDTV - April 21, 2022
• End of canola acreage limit may free cultivation — or trigger battle - Capital Press - April 18, 2022
• Canola Oil Proposed by EPA as Feedstock for Renewable Diesel and Newer Biofuels - U.S. Canola Association - April 14, 2022 
• MSU researcher investigates effects of planting winter canola in Montana - KBZK News - April 14, 2022
• Canola Oil Pathways Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - April 12, 2022
• White House highlights plan to approve canola for renewable diesel under RFS - Real Agriculture - April 12, 2022
• Fact check: Canola oil has several health benefits and isn't toxic, experts say - USA Today - Mar 21, 2022
• Canola Acreage Continues To Grow As Producers Learn More About The Crop - Pacific Northwest Ag Network - Mar 21, 2022
• Video promotes canola oil processing, counters misinformation - Capital Press - Mar 17, 2022
• 2021 Heat Having An Impact On 2022 Spring Canola Crop - Pacific Northwest Ag Network - Mar 3, 2022

2021

• Biofuel Designation for Canola Presents Opportunity for Farmers - Northern Ag Network - Dec 22, 2021
• Canola growers strategize after a year of 'firsts' - Capital Press - Nov 12, 2021
• Agronomist's research could benefit Montana Canola producers - NBC Montana - Oct 17, 2021
• Sowers: Heat Has Had A Big Impact On PNW Canola - Pacific Northwest Ag Network - Sept 8, 2021
• Calumet Eyes Spring 2022 for First Montana RD Production, Canadian Market - Oleochem Analytics - Aug 10, 2021
• Winter canola offers benefits in wheat rotation - The Prairie Star/Ag Update - Aug 4, 2021
• Late frost, drought reduce PNW canola yields - Capital Press - July 28, 2021
• Canola Growers Feeling The Impact Of Dry Spring - Pacific Northwest Ag Network - June 15, 2021
• Clean fuel regulations driving canola crush expansion on the Prairies - Real Agriculture - April 27, 2021
• UI licenses herbicide-resistant canola variety - Capital Press - Feb 26, 2021
• Canola Continues to Draw Interest in the Northwest - Pacific Northwest Ag Network - Jan 18, 2021
• Canola market "insatiable" - Capital Press - Jan 1, 2021

2020

• Canola association gives free memberships to Washington farmers hit by fire - Capital Press - Dec 28, 2020
• Montana oilseed growers to vote on checkoff to fund research and market development - Northern Ag Network - Nov 19, 2020
• Ballots due Dec. 31 for oilseed checkoff - Sydney Herald - Nov 19, 2020
• Canola acres up across the Pacific Northwest - Capital Press - Nov 2, 2020
• Video touts canola benefits to soil health - Capital Press - Oct 30, 2020
• Producers pushing for checkoff to fund oilseeds research - Cutbank Pioneer Press - July 15, 2020
• 'Sting' operation nabs suspect in beehive thefts - Capital Press - June 18, 2020
• Montana Oilseed Advisory Committee seeking applicants - Montana Ag Network Ag Report with Russell Nemetz - Feb 27, 2020
• PNW Canola Association takes root - podcast with Land Nordlund at 2019 MGGA Convention - December 2019

2019

• Canola at Its Best in the Pacific Northwest - US Canola Association blog - December 2019
• Optimizing fertilizer source and rate to avoid root death - Science Daily - August 2019
• PNW Canola Association Preparing to Launch New Website - WA Ag Network - August 2019
• Area farmers finding fields of gold - Lewiston Tribune - August 2019
• State's Canola Crop Up 8,000 Acres from Last Year - Whitman Co Gazette - July 2019
• Canola exclusion zone scrapped as 500-acre limit renewed - Capital Press - July 2019
• Sowers: NW Can Expect An Average Canola Crop - WA Ag Network - July 2019
• PNW Canola Association Continues to Grow - WA Ag Network - June 2019
• Sowers Named Canola Association Executive Director - Capital Press - February 2019

2018

• Sowers Serves as Canola Association Director - Capital Press - March 2018

2017

• New Canola Association Gains Certification, Seeks Director - Capital Press - August 2017
• Pacific Northwest Canola Association Forming - Capital Press - June 2017