Winter canola seen coming back to southern and Midsouth Corn Belt thanks to biodiesel

In Louisiana, Farm Progress reports that farmers along the southern and Midsouth regions of the Corn Belt are having success growing winter canola with plans to produce more this year, in time to supply Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables’new plant in Destrehan, La. With Bunge focused on farmers who can access ports along the Mississippi, the company expects winter canola production could increase by 30% before the end of the decade. Though the region has twice sought to grow winter canola commercially, the agronomic support nor market support existed in the past, but now both are in place.