This is the second of a two-part Oregonian package on the promise of biodiesel: By Scott Learn/The Oregonian Last year, four Canadian researchers said swapping canola-based biodiesel from Canada for ...

Alabama farmers are increasingly choosing canola over winter wheat as a new crop option spreads across the state.

CROOKSTON -- The challenge: Get canola biodiesel from a local crush plant, fill a farm machine and go to work. This scenario is getting closer every day to becoming a reality, and a lot of people are ...

LANGDON, N.D. -- Here in the heart of America's top canola-producing county, enthusiasm for the crop is stronger than ever. "There's been interest in canola before, and it's had a lot of growth. But ...

Wean the country off fossil fuels. Stop global warming. Create jobs. All this, and turn fields ablaze with gorgeous yellow flowers. There’s a lot expected of a plant with a name so ugly that it was ...

SNOHOMISH — Snohomish County on Tuesday rolled out its first $12 million center to dry and store canola seed, steps needed before turning them into biodiesel. The project is expected to increase local ...

One of the region’s first producers of biodiesel from canola has filed for bankruptcy, leaving more than $3.8 million in debts, court records show. Inland Empire Oilseeds LLC, which began producing ...

Demand for biodiesel is causing a conflict with state restrictions in Oregon on canola seed production. Some Oregon farmers have said they would like to grow the crop for on-farm biodiesel production ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, July 27 (Reuters) - Biodiesel made from canola oil would emit 50 percent less greenhouse gas than petroleum diesel fuel, which would make it eligible for the U.S. mandate to ...

MINOT (AP) - Construction of a canola biodiesel and food oil plant planned here will continue through next year, its organizers say. The Dakota Skies Biodiesel LLC plant is being planned in Minot as ...