Readers might think we’re swerving away from energy news when we begin a discussion of winter Canola, the farm crop.
But we aren’t. There is a reported renewed interest in the crop because of the growing demand for renewable fuels. It was a major topic of discussion at a recent Southern Plains regional meeting held in Enid, Oklahoma. The meeting attracted more than twice the growers as a year ago.
Canola is considered an excellent crop for production of renewable fuels. Its oil serves as a feedstock for biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel. It reported can be transformed through a hydrotreating process into cleaner-burning alternataives to petroleum fuels.
North Dakota leads the U.S. in canola production but Oklahoma is the second-largest canola-producing state.
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