Canola industry ready to move forward

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Published: March 9, 2023

The Canola Council of Canada celebrated a return to normalcy at its annual meeting at the Canadian Crops Convention in Ottawa.

“Our theme this year is ‘from adversity to opportunity’ and I think that’s very fitting,” said Jim Everson, the group’s president.

Production has rebounded following the drought of 2021, meaning there’s opportunity to develop new markets again.

As the pandemic restrictions have eased, the industry has returned to being able to have important face-to-face meetings.

And exciting new developments like renewable diesel promise to supercharge demand in the future.

He spoke to Gord Gilmour of Glacier FarmMedia and Karen Briere of the Western Producer following the AGM on March 9.

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Gord Gilmour

Gord Gilmour

Publisher, Manitoba Co-operator, and Senior Editor, News and National Affairs, Glacier FarmMedia

Gord Gilmour has been writing about agriculture in Canada for more than 30 years. He's an award winning journalist and columnist who's currently the publisher of the Manitoba Co-operator and senior editor, news and national affairs for Glacier FarmMedia. He grew up on a grain and oilseed operation in east-central Saskatchewan that his brother still owns and operates, and occasionally lets Gord work on, if Gord promises to take it easy on the equipment.

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