Canola needs constant innovation to increase supply, to maintain high demand for its oil and protein, and to improve its environmental footprint. Through 2021, the Canola Council of Canada consulted with canola grower organizations and companies along the value chain to identify innovation focal points to achieve these objectives.

Canola crops tend to yield more when they start off with five to eight plants per square foot, and when seedlings emerge at the same time. Growers can also often save extra management costs for flea beetles, for example, when plants germinate and emerge quickly.

This article provides an international perspective on the need to protect and improve the world’s soils. Rattan Lal, a world-leading soil scientist, describes how to protect soil health, and explains why private companies are an important ally in sustainability initiatives.

Canadians’ view of the food system has been up and down over the past two years of the pandemic, but results are still better than 2018 and 2019. Research from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity shows that Canada’s food system has room to improve when it comes to building trust.