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 Oil
Seed Production
Producers in Spokane County and the PNW have begun making
the transition from conventional tillage farm operations to
the use of conservation tillage practices. Inherent in a direct
seed or conservation tillage program is the need for alternative
crops to help manage weed and disease cycles.
At the Spokane County Conservation District, we believe that
oilseed crops like mustard and canola can and will provide
our producers with the rotation crop they need to make their
conservation tillage operations successful. As such, the Production
Ag Department at SCCD is working with local producers and farmer-owned
cooperatives in the Pacific Northwest to make oilseeds a viable
industry in our region.
For more information:
Oil Seed Production and Biodiesel Links:
Cost Of Producing Canola And Mustard Oilseeds
In Eastern Washington And North Central Idaho
A WSU Cooperative Extension project sponsored by the Whitman Conservation District
and funded by Whitman County and the Washington Oilseed Commission
The information in this publication provides cost of production
estimates for a cross-section of experienced oilseed producers,
twelve in Washington and three in Idaho, that used no-till/direct
seed or minimum- tillage as their tillage practice to produce
canola or mustard. http://farm-mgmt.wsu.edu/PDF-docs/nonirr/eb1960.pdf
Rural Cooperatives
A magazine published by Rural Business –Cooperative Service, USDA devoted
an issue to “Fueling a Rural Revival, Co-Ops and Biofuels”. Information
on new farm processing co-ops and their push for oilseed crops/biofuel markets. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/pub/jul04/jul04.pdf
Biodiesel, the Official Site of the National
Biodiesel Board
Information on Farmers becoming a strong customer base for biodiesel. Biodiesel
provides an opportunity for farmers to create demand for the crops they grow
through on-farm use. http://www.biodiesel.org/markets/far/default.asp
Fact Sheet on Biodiesel Farm Use
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/farmer_use.pdf
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needed to view them. You can download this program, free of
charge, at Adobe's website:
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