Specialty Oilseeds

[charliep]

I understand what you are saying about a customer. The experience is even more painfull if there is a shipment and damages.

Having said that, the industry already has idenfity preserved programs for other specialty canolas - no one seems to worry about genetic pollution here.

Example - I bought a tub of Lactantia margarine. Claim to fame - made from non hydrogenated canola oil. Not 100 % sure on inter mountain varieties but all Nexera canola likely used in this canola product are non GMO. Some how, the system is able to keep this crop segregated all the way from the field level (minimal genetic contamination) to the grocery store shelf (if the process failed at this level, you would have rancid oil relatively quickly).

A zero risk world doesn't exist for anything. What is needed is very precise protocols to ensure the product meets customer needs/contractual commitments.

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie;

Did you know Cargill has a RR Intermountain Canola with a $30/t premium... they are to be coming up with a minimum price contract for both normal and this specialty Canola in the next few weeks I understand.

I asked for a minimum price contract on 03 feed barley... they are going to work on it... Malt barley that could be rejected (next summer) needs a minimum price contract to the feed barley prices... if the malt barley is rejected.

I sincerly hope this 02 production failure produces a big crop of new pricing options, it does look encouraging that this may be the case!

[charliep]

Talked to Phil Thomas/Murray Hartman at a canola meeting today and they came up with another idea for non GMO. Their suggest was to grow a polish type canola (Brassica??). No GMO varieties in this type/no outcrossing.

I have to be carefull about my comments about the mustard as well. The varieties you mention Tom4cwb (Juncea) -are from the brown/oriental mustard family. Alba is the yellow mustard strain - a little farther out from the breeding world/lots of concern from current yellow mustard growers about getting characturistics mixed in with current yellow mustard varieties.

[TOM4CWB]

Charlie;

Watch the polish non-GMO Canola...

There was RR polish avaliable a couple of years ago... so purity of seed as well as field/outcrossing to GMO is possible if neighbours grew it and it volunteers.