From Oregon to Oklahoma, farmers have started planting canola in earnest, rotating the yellow-flowered crop that could blossom into a replacement for artery-clogging trans fats found in myriad junk foods, such as cookies, cakes and pies.
Farmers and industry experts said the amount of canola grown in Oklahoma soared in the past few years.
Oklahoma went from planting 140,000 acres in 2012 to 250,000 acres last year. Elsewhere, farmers in Oregon climbed from 7,300 acres planted in 2012 to 13,000 in 2013. In Washington, acreage during that period doubled from 15,000 to 30,000, and in Montana the amount planted rose from 51,000 to 55,000 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
North Dakota is the top canola state, with 860,000 acres planted in 2013.
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Farmers and industry experts said the amount of canola grown in Oklahoma soared in the past few years.
Oklahoma went from planting 140,000 acres in 2012 to 250,000 acres last year. Elsewhere, farmers in Oregon climbed from 7,300 acres planted in 2012 to 13,000 in 2013. In Washington, acreage during that period doubled from 15,000 to 30,000, and in Montana the amount planted rose from 51,000 to 55,000 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
North Dakota is the top canola state, with 860,000 acres planted in 2013.
Read Canola Council insert in Producer... "Amazing what one more bu can do"! Cut you price by half!
Ya keep it coming, keep prices dropping. Rest of the world will grow their own "winter canola" at double the yield. We will be SOL.