Rubisco Seeds introduces the first commercial High Oleic, Low Linolenic (HOLL) winter canola to the US market
May 13 2024 - 6:34PM
Business Wire
Continuing its tradition of supplying high productivity non-GMO
winter canola hybrids to farmers over two decades, Rubisco Seeds’
recent introduction of Winter HOLL further expands US farmers’
market outlets for canola.
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Spring 2024 Rubisco Seeds HOLL winter
canola flowering in Kentucky. (Photo: Rubisco Seeds)
HOLL canola produces high-stability cooking oil with broad
applications in the food industry.
Current HOLL canola oil supplies are predominantly imported into
the US and sourced from spring-type canola.
Rubisco Seeds’ introduction of winter-grown non-GMO HOLL is very
significant and is already attracting strong interest from
processors as a domestically grown source of high-quality cooking
oil. Growing canola over the winter months prevents valuable soil
nutrients from leaching and runoff into watersheds while
sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide when northern hemisphere
carbon levels are relatively high due to fallow fields and dormancy
in most plant growth. Subsequent production of renewable diesel
from spent HOLL cooking oil completes the sustainability cycle and
meets the high demands of low-carbon intensity feedstocks for
energy companies.
The target geography for Winter HOLL canola includes significant
regions of the southern US, where Rubisco Seeds has provided
proven, adapted winter canola genetics to farmers who engage in the
well-established practice of double cropping with soybeans.
Vegetable oil yields of 200+ gallons per acre have consistently
been achieved over the last two decades.
Rubisco Seeds, the largest North American supplier of non-GMO
winter canola, derives its company name from the most abundant
enzyme in nature, Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.
Rubisco is responsible for removing carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere and converting it to food, fiber, and fuel.
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