Curator's note | In 1965 Dr. Clare Youngs of the National Research Council Laboratory and Bruce Cameron and Jack Reynolds of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in Saskatoon developed a processing method to make rapeseed much more acceptable for human and animal consumption. By 1969 Saskatchewan farmers had 1 ,000 ,000 acres in rapeseed crop as new markets emerged for the product, especially in Japan. 1968 The first Canadian low erucic acid rapeseed variety, Oro, is released. It was developed by Dr. Keith Downey at the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Saskatoon. Later researchers also managed to breed for low glucosinolate rapeseed. This led to a major switch to rapeseed-based cooking oil and margarine, with a margarine manufacturing plant being built by Agra Industries at Nipawin in 1963. By 1971 rapeseed (later canola) had taken over the largest share of the Canadian vegetable oil market and two decades later had made strong inroads into the United States. |
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Title | Unloading Rapeseed |
Date | [19--?] |
Physical extent | 1 slide : colour ; 35 mm |
Scope and content | A slide of a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool grain handler unloading canola seed at an unspecified Saskatchewan grain elevator. |
Repository | University of Saskatchewan Archives |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Wheat Pool fonds |
Retrieval information | Series 10 - Photographs and Slides, Slides from Binders. Agent Activities/People |
Occupation(s) |
Agricultural workers |
Theme(s) |
Agriculture & Food Industry |
Database ID | 36507 |