Registration is open for the free, online PNWCA Canola Workshop slated for Feb. 9-10. Canola growers, industry reps and university faculty from Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington will present a wide range of canola production topics with live Q&As. The sessions will be:
Feb. 9: 8:30-10:30 a.m. PST
Feb. 9: 12:30-2:30 p.m. PST
Feb. 10: 8:30-10:30 a.m. PST
Registration and an agenda are available on our website at: https://pnwcanola.org/
Not long after joining the Washington Oilseed Cropping Systems (WOCS) project at Washington State University 10 years ago, I had the good fortune of meeting a farmer in eastern Washington who had been growing canola for more than 20 years. This farmer told me about an effort in the mid-90s – when production was finally gaining some steam – to create a Pacific Northwest (PNW) canola and rapeseed association. However, that effort ‘faded away’after several years. The idea resurfaced five years ago, but again, did not go anywhere. All the while, acreage in the PNW continued an upward trend.