News & Tours
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Canola in the News
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
Industry Reports
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2021
- USDA-NASS Crop Production 2020 Summary - January 2021
- USDA-NASS Acreage Report - June 2020
- USDA-NASS Prospective Plantings Report - March 2020
- Nuseed Partners with ADM for Omega-3 Canola Processing in the U.S. - March 2020
- USDA-NASS Crop Production 2019 Summary - January 2020
- USDA-NASS Acreage Report - June 2019
- USDA-NASS Prospective Planting - March 2019
Industry Newsletters
- Canola Quick Bytes - U.S. Canola Association (monthly newsletter)
- *** NEW *** Canola Quick Bytes on USCA YouTube channel
- Canola Watch - Canola Council of Canada
- Other newsletters offered by Canola Council of Canada
Tours
- June 26, 2019: Spring Canola Tour - Sweet Grass Hills, MT
- June 12, 2019: Stop 'n' Talk Spring Canola Tour - Albion, WA
- May 30, 2019: Winter Canola Tour - Almira, WA