Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.

Production
Most canola production in the United States takes place in the northern tier of states adjacent to Canada: North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. However, North Dakota produces over 90 percent of the nation's canola crop. In 2008, the state produced 1.3 billion pounds, with a total value of $249.6 million. The U.S. crop in 2008 was nearly identical with the previous year, which totaled 1.4 billion pounds. However, yield was 223 pounds per acre higher, totaling 1,461 pounds. The total area planted in 2009 was 857,300 acres, a decrease from 1 million acres in 2008 (NASS).  June 2009 ... Canola
 

Marketing

• Canola, National Statistics, National Ag Statistics Service (NASS), USDA.
• Canola Council of Canada - A trade association representing producers, input suppliers, processors and marketers of canola and its products.
• Canola Facts, Soyatech.
• Canola Futures News Headlines, Futures and Commodity Market News, Resource News International via COMTEX.
• Oil Crops Outlook, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA.
  
• Oilseeds: World markets and trade, Foreign Ag Service (FAS), USDA.
  
• Northern Canola Growers Association
• U.S. Grains Council
• USDA Grain and Oilseed Reports, University of Nebraska - National report on weekly markets.

Production

• As biofuel becomes popular, is canola a feasible winter crop? David Bennett, Farm Press, 2006.
• Canada Takes Lead in Canola Research, National Research Council of Canada, 2007.   
• Canadian Canola, Canadian Grain Commission.
  
• Canola, Field Crops: 2007 and 2002, 2007 Census of Agriculture - State Data, NASS, USDA, 2009.
• Canola, Government of British Columbia, Canada.
• Canola, Oklahoma State University.
• Canola, Oregon Agricultural Enterprise Budget, Oregon State University.
• Canola, Oregon State University Extension Service, 2008.
  
• Canola, University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, updated 2005.
• Canola: An Emerging Oilseed Alternative, Thomas Jefferson Ag Institute.
  
• Canola Breeding Project, University of Arkansas, 2006.
  
• Canola Growers Manual, Canola Council of Canada, 2003.
  
• Canola Oil Fact Sheet, U.S. EPA, 2007.
• Canola Production, North Dakota State University, revised 2007.
• Canola/Rape, Online Cover Crop Database, University of California, Davis.
  
• Crop Production Annual Summary, NASS, USDA.
• Crop Profile for Canola in Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2005.
  
• Economics of Spring Canola Production in Dryland Eastern Washington, Washington State University, 2006.
• Great Plains Canola Production Handbook, Oklahoma State University, Kansas State University and University of Nebraska, 2009 - Canola is a special type of edible rapeseed genetically low in erucic acid and glucosinolates. The seeds are a source of healthy cooking oil and high-protein meal for livestock. This publication discusses aspects of canola production.
• Spring Canola Variety Performance in Iowa Final Report, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, 2007 - The renewed interest in growing canola in Iowa and the need to test current genetics led to the planting of 18 spring canola lines from six sources on two planting dates at two sites.
• The United States Canola Industry: Situation and Outlook, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2004.
  

Businesses/Case Studies

• Canola Farmer Profiles, The New American Farmer, Sustainable Agriculture and Research Education (SARE), USDA - Describes two canola-growing operations in the United States.
• Indianhead Holsteins Case Study, Eric Anderson and Andrew Dane, 2008 - This 100-head dairy farm is in the process of becoming energy self-sufficient. In 2007, the owners started purchasing canola seeds and pressing them to make straight vegetable oil for on-site fuel. They use half of the resulting canola meal as a dietary supplement for the cows, increasing their milk production, and sell the remaining half.
  

Links checked November 2009.