date:Sep 02, 2013
Mike Stamm, a canola breeder and associate agronomist at Kansas State University, said about 80 percent of the canola oil consumed in the United States is imported, so it makes sense for farmers in the southern Great Plains to grow more winter canola.
One of the reasons why were encouraging farmers to grow winter canola is that the same equipment used for wheat production can also be used for winter canola, Stamm said.
Canola makes an excellent rotational crop with winter wheat, he said, becau