As meetings on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership take place in Tokyo this week and Chile in March, the Canola Council of Canada is urging the Government of Canada to be part of the deal.
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Canola value chain remains united despite core funder change
The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) regrets that Richardson International has chosen not to be a CCC core funder in 2018. Other existing core funders, who represent all links in the canola value chain including growers, processors, life science companies and exporters, remain committed to the CCC and moving the industry forward as a united value chain.
Read moreCanola Council secures continued access to European Union biofuel market
Today the European Commission published an implementing decision that will allow Canadian canola continued access to the EU biodiesel market. The decision affirms the greenhouse gas emission reductions achieved when Canadian canola is used to make biodiesel according to a detailed life cycle methodology that reflects the entire canola growing process.
Read moreCanola oil study does not prove Alzheimer’s disease in humans
The Canola Council of Canada cautions consumers about the misinterpretation of results in the study, “Effect of canola oil consumption on memory, synapse and neuropathology in the triple transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease,” by Elisabetta Lauretti and Dominico Pratico at Temple University.
Read moreCanola performance trial results for 2017 posted online
Canola Performance Trial (CPT) results for 2017 are loaded into the online searchable database at canolaperformancetrials.ca. Canola growers can use this valuable online tool to finalize seed decisions for 2018.
Read moreCanola meal research shows an increase in milk production and feed cost savings
At the recent Penn State Dairy Nutrition Workshop, Dr. Kenneth Kalscheur, a prominent dairy nutrition researcher at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wisconsin, provided findings on the subject of “Canola Meal vs. Soybean Meal in Dairy Cow Diets”.
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