Access a new revenue stream and a path to market with the Winter Canola Program. By combining the power of Pioneer® winter canola hybrid seeds with the biofuel feedstock and processing operation of Bunge Chevron Ag Renewables, you can try out a new crop in a low-risk environment.
Pioneer provides local agronomic support for winter canola from planting through harvest.
Bunge provides logistical support and handles all contracts, tickets, checks, and communications locally, giving farmers a local representative to call at any point from contract to delivery. This allows farmers to keep their focus on winter canola crop production and not worry about marketing.
● Including winter canola in a double-cropping rotation enhances soil health by retaining more nutrients, water, and carbon in the earth.
● The brassica root structure of the canola plant helps break up soil compaction.
Adding another crop to the rotation can improve yields.
● Thanks to the increasing demand for biofuels, growing winter canola provides farmers with a diversified revenue stream and more potential opportunities for a return on crop investment without sacrificing food production.
The high oil content of Pioneer winter canola hybrids has the potential to generate increased return on farmers’ investment.
Using elite plant genetics, Pioneer created the winter canola hybrids specifically for the Mid-South to deliver industry-leading yield potential and consistent oil content across a range of growing conditions.
Pioneer brand winter canola hybrids offer unmatched resistance to:
● Blackleg
● Clubroot
Sclerotinia
The crop diversity that winter canola offers helps break up pest management cycles, reducing pest pressure naturally.
● Winter canola fits into current cropping systems and follows traditional timing of winter wheat crop rotations.
● Generally, canola tends to mature faster than wheat, which can allow farmers to plant spring crops earlier and improve yield potential.
Canola leaves less residue in the field than wheat, which makes no-till planting of summer crops easier.
Winter canola has been a profitable rotation crop for European farmers, and field tests have proven that it can have the same result for Mid-South farmers.
Find out if winter canola is a good fit for your operation: visit Grow Gold With Winter Canola.