# Our West | The Canola Story Canada West FoundationCanada West Foundation

> A Canada West Foundation feature traces the history of canola from its development in the 1970s to its current role as a major oilseed crop. It notes growing demand for canola oil in renewable fuel and rapid growth in Prairie crushing capacity.

- Date: 2021-06-29 · published 2021-06-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46536-our-west-the-canola-story-canada-west-foundationcanada-west-foundation
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Background on expanding crush capacity and biofuel-driven oil demand gives context for canola meal supply growth, but it reports no new market-moving event.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- cwf.ca: https://cwf.ca/research/publications/our-west-the-canola-story/

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