CANOLA
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT Always learning about canola
Twenty-three years ago, my family grew canola for the first time on our farm in central North Dakota. On a drizzly late-summer morning, my father got on the swather to cut canola. I was skeptical: swa...
Posted on 5/18/12 at 9:13 AM
ND company to build canola plant in Oklahoma 
A North Dakota-based company plans to build a canola processing plant in Oklahoma. Fargo-based Northstar Agri Industries says construction of the plant near Enid, Okla., is expected to be done before the 2015 canola harvest.
By Associated Press , October 30, 2012
Hallock, Minn., canola crushing plant holds grand opening
Northstar Agri Industries is inviting the public to its new canola crushing facility’s grand opening celebration Wednesday in Hallock, Minn., according to a news release.
By Herald Staff Report , August 04, 2012
Canola enthusiasm: Demand for healthier food, biodiesel bolsters crop’s prospects
U.S. farmers aren’t meeting the strong, growing demand for canola, so it’s important they increase production of the crop, said the executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association.
By Jonathan Knutson , February 14, 2012
Hallock, Minn., canola plant to open earlier than expected
As is the case with most building projects in the region, the warm and dry weather has hastened the construction of the Northstar Agri-Industries canola plant just south of here.
By Ryan Bakken , January 27, 2012
Cutting carbon with canola
UND is starting a pilot project next month that could reduce its use of coal by 10 to 20 percent, using a product derived originally from canola oil.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , November 26, 2011
Southwest North Dakota counties planted more canola, making up for decreases in the north
The unusually wet year has cut canola acres in North Dakota, as it has for other crops.
But farmers in the southwest part of the state planted even more acres of the crop which is grown, stateside, almost exclusively in North Dakota.
By Sean M. Soehren , July 16, 2011
USDA reports N.D. farmers plant 1.6 million fewer acres
North Dakota farmers, struggling with unusually wet fields, planted far fewer acres this spring than they did a year ago, the federal government says. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s report last week may not have captured how big the drop-off in planted acreage actually is.
By Jonathan Knutson , July 05, 2011
Canola growers weigh their options
Producers consider late planting vs. prevent-plant insurance As Kevin Waslaski surveys the potential canola crop in Langdon, N.D., he thinks it might be optimistic to guess 80 percent might be planted this year. Ditto for the Canadian growers to the north. Even so, he and other canola industry promoters still are asking farmers to consider the advantages of planting late and having a crop vs. letting prevent-plant crop insurance kick in.
By Mikkel Pates , June 03, 2011
The other oil boom: Future Hallock canola plant sparks economy in northwest Minnesota
Big rigs. Big money. Jobs aplenty. Scarce housing. A woeful region revitalized by oil. In many ways, the northwest corner of Minnesota has the feel of western North Dakota. However, the oil driving this revival is not crude. It’s canola.
By Ryan Bakken , May 21, 2011
Rick Failing, Hallock, Minn., letter: Put six key names on canola-plant plaque
A simple thank you to all involved in this project, especially to these six visionaries, is very much an understatement.
And yet, there are really no other words of gratitude but to simply say, Thank you!
By Rick Failing , January 17, 2011
Records set for N.D. soybean, canola, lentil crops
The Agriculture Department released its annual crop production summary today.
By Associated Press , January 12, 2011
‘What a success this is’
Dayton, Franken, other Minnesota leaders at groundbreaking of Kittson County $168 million canola plantIt was six years in the making and two years later than expected, but Tuesday’s groundbreaking ceremony for a $168 million canola plant marked a “fantastic day” for the County, former state Rep. Dave Olin said.
January 11, 2011
Canadian company to start building Minot canola plant
A Canadian company plans to begin building a canola processing plant in Minot, after a study found the project likely would succeed.
By Associated Press , January 07, 2011
Winter wheat acreage rises
Winter wheat acreage appears to have jumped this year in North Dakota, a state better known for the spring variety.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 29, 2010
Canola remains attractive crop for North Dakota in 2011
High market prices are making canola an even more attractive option next spring in North Dakota, which produces nearly all of the nation's crop.
By Associated Press , November 29, 2010
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