Aberdeen. Saskatchewan, Canada
July 9, 2009
Cargill is expanding its capabilities in canola with the
opening of a new specialty canola research and production centre
in Aberdeen. The research and production centre opened in late
2008 and will allow Cargill to centralize its hybrid breeding
program in the heart of the commercial production region, while
giving growers and customers a state of the art facility for
furthering knowledge in canola production.
The Cargill Specialty Canola Oils Research and Production Centre
will be part of Cargill's research farm, located about 50
kilometers from Cargill's canola crush facility in Clavet,
Saskatchewan. The research farm supports Cargill's specialized
hybrid breeding and production trials located across Western
Canada, with a focus on developing high-yielding agronomic
traits and the next generation of output traits.
"Cargill is committed to serving the entire supply chain, by
providing high-yielding canola hybrids to farmers that
ultimately result in oils with zero grams trans fats and lower
saturated fat for our customers and the consumers they serve,"
said Jenny Verner, president, Cargill Specialty Canola Oils.
"The research and production centre will allow us to help our
customers develop new products and formulations designed to
improve functionality, and deliver nutritional value for their
products using a proven identity preservation system that
results in an assured supply of product."
In June, Cargill announced it will launch Clear Valley® low
saturate canola oil, a high stability canola oil with 4 to 4.5
percent saturated fat- 25 percent less saturated fat than
conventional canola oil and the lowest amount of saturated fat
of any vegetable oil offered to food manufacturers to date.
Clear Valley® low saturate canola oil is produced from Cargill's
VICTORY® hybrid seeds specifically designed by Cargill
scientists for maximum yield and performance to add value to
farm businesses. Cargill's VICTORY® hybrids have superior
agronomic performance, as well as the groundbreaking science,
technology and ability to advance healthier oils with high
stability and function.
The Cargill Specialty Canola Program is built on the strength of
VICTORY® and InVigor® Health Hybrids. These offer growers a
choice of hybrid cultivars that include top yielding VICTORY®
with the Roundup Ready® herbicide trait and the Liberty Link®
InVigor® Health Hybrids, developed by Bayer CropScience and
marketed exclusively through Cargill. They also provide simple,
effective, all-weather weed control as well as good standability
and harvestability.
Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food,
agricultural, financial and industrial products and services.
Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 160,000
people in 67 countries. Cargill helps customers succeed through
collaboration and innovation, and is committed to applying its
global knowledge and experience to help meet economic,
environmental and social challenges wherever it does business. |
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