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Canola Information

Fields of canola brighten up the countryside with their bright yellow flowers each spring. More and more canola is grown in Australia each year. There are two main reasons for this.

  • There is good demand for canola oil, especially in Japan and Bangladesh. (You can buy canola oil and canola oil margarine in supermarkets in Australia too.)
  • When canola is rotated with wheat, the canola "cleans" the soil of pests and diseases that affect wheat crops. This is partly because canola belongs to the Brassica plant family (which also includes cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli) while wheat belongs to the Graminae, or grass, family.
field of canola
Field of Canola
Canola pod and seeds
Canola pod and seeds
Canola flowers
Canola flowers
Canola close-up
Canola close-up
Canola Products
Canola Products
all images - Images of Agriculture courtesy of Agriculture WA

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