Year: 2011

Comparative data on canola seed varieties is now available to growers from the new Canola Performance Trials (CPT) 2011.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) welcomes Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s announcement today of the Joint Action Plan for the Regulatory Cooperation Council.

Details of the Agriculture Innovation Program were announced today by Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. The program will help fund industry-led science and technology by supporting innovative value-added products, technologies, processes and services.

Grains and oilseed producers, maltsters and canola crushers are calling on the Government of Canada to re-engage South Korea in free trade talks immediately, to ensure Canadian exports are not lost to competitors. Trade talks between Canada and South Korea have been stalled since 2008.

The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) today welcomed the release of the first annual Market Access Report, a review of the Government of Canada’s plans and actions in securing and building access to markets globally for Canadian agricultural goods.

Fall soil tests of fields that were in canola in 2011 will tell you how much nutrients are left, and hint at whether the crop ran out of gas. This information, along with the soil test results from fields planned for canola next year, can help set fertilizer rates for 2012.