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Canola groups disappointed in Carney’s plan to help growers, biofuel

‘Farmers should not be expected to borrow’

Two national canola organizations said they’re not pleased with the federal government’s announcement on helping canola growers and the biofuel industry. The Canola Council of Canada and the Canadian Canola Growers Association expressed their disappointment in a Sept. 5 news release.




A farmer in a red shirt and ball cap stands, with hands on his hips, in the middle of a brilliant yellow canola field in full bloom.

Canola Council of Canada’s field agronomy program mourned

Canola council’s field agronomy program was seen as important to the agriculture sector

The Canola Council of Canada recently issued a news release announcing a new strategic framework with three core priorities, ending its field agronomy program.




Ongoing investment in domestic canola processing and growth in canola-based biofuel production have driven demand for the crop in recent years. | File photo

Canola sector focuses on new opportunities

Canola Council of Canada head says industry must continue making progress in biofuel, research and market expansion

Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian canola industry is bigger than ever, but it can’t afford to rest on its laurels, says the top executive of the Canola Council of Canada. President and chief executive officer Chris Davison bases much of that perspective on a new economic impact study of the oilseed. Canola generates an average […] Read more

The increasing number of clubroot variants is a concern, but canola growers need to remember that most of these pathotypes are rare, said Steve Strelkov, a plant pathologist at the University of Alberta. | File photo

Clubroot fights back with increased pathotypes

WINNIPEG — There are now 55 different types of clubroot across the Prairies. About a decade ago, in 2016, the number of pathotypes was 17. The increasing number of variants of the soil-borne disease is a concern, but canola growers need to remember that most of these pathotypes are rare, said Steve Strelkov, a plant […] Read more


Canadian Canola Growers Association, Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, Grain Growers of Canada, Pulse Canada and Soy Canada said Canadian agriculture is already the most sustainable in the world, and the Sustainable Agriculture Strategy must contain measures that are practical, science-based, market driven and beneficial for the entire sector as well as the environment. | File photo

Farm groups back away from sustainable ag strategy

Organizations say they will no longer participate in strategy discussions, saying it does not align with producers' needs

REGINA — Agriculture Canada says consultations on its Sustainable Agriculture Strategy will continue even after six major organizations withdrew from the advisory committee last week. However, with the federal government in disarray after the Dec. 16 surprise resignation of former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, the strategy may never see the light […] Read more

Eighty-three per cent of Canada’s oat exports have gone to the United States over the past five years, giving Canada a 97 per cent share of that market.  |  File photo

Canola, oats particularly vulnerable to tariffs

Ninety-seven percent of Canadian canola oil and 83 per cent of oat exports have headed to the United States recently

SASKATOON — The Canola Council of Canada is taking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 percent import tariff seriously. “When you’ve got a new government coming into your number one market and they’re talking about imposing tariffs, it’s not something to be ignored,” said council president Chris Davison. Related stories: “But at the […] Read more