Chicago, Illinois
May 22, 2009
- Winter Canola Edition of U.S.
Canola Digest debuts
- Supplement to national magazine aims to boost farmer interest
in crop
The U.S. Canola Association
(USCA) is pleased to announce a new Winter Canola Edition of
U.S. Canola Digest. This publication will feature tips on
incorporating winter canola into crop rotations and discuss its
potential for increasing farm profitability. Winter canola shows
promise in regions beyond the traditional spring canola-growing
region of the Northern Plains, especially in the Great Plains
and southeast.
The debut Winter Canola Edition will highlight winter canola as
an ideal broadleaf crop with a growth cycle and fertility
requirements similar to winter wheat. Following winter canola,
wheat is known to have improved crop quality and yield and
therefore, profit. That’s because winter canola helps control
annual pest and weed pressures in wheat and allows for deeper,
healthier wheat root systems.
"Beyond rotational benefits with wheat and other crops, winter
canola is resilient to freezing conditions,” noted Dale
Thorenson, USCA assistant director. “In the Great Plains, for
example, winter canola came through April’s hard freeze
remarkably well … even better than winter wheat in some areas.”
Canola is in high demand in the U.S. for its oil, which has the
least saturated fat of all common edible oils and zero trans fat
and cholesterol. Canola oil received a qualified health claim
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its potential to
reduce the risk of heart disease due to its unsaturated fat
content.
The U.S. Canola Digest Winter Canola Edition, an official USCA
publication, will be available in early June 2009. Complimentary
subscriptions are available to interested farmers by e-mailing
Dale Thorenson at dale@uscanola.com or Mary O’Donohue at
modonohue@gordley.com.
For more information about the USCA or U.S. Canola Digest, go to
www.uscanola.com.
The U.S. Canola Association (USCA) was established in 1989 to
increase U.S. canola production in order to meet the growing
public demand for healthy oils. Based in Washington, D.C., the
USCA promotes the establishment and maintenance of conditions
favorable to the production, marketing, processing and use of
domestic canola. |
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