Canola biofuels AND Canadian Cattlemen's Association President

Canola Council of Canada says advanced biofuels is a new opportunity for growthfor the country's canola growers.Earlier this month the Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal that could open the export doors even wider for Canadian canola producers. The proposed plan would recognize renewable diesel and jet fuel made from canola oil as “advanced biofuels” under the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard. Council president Jim Everson is excited about the announcement, as the move to advanced biofuels means the product can be combined with traditional diesel, producing a fuel with lower greenhouse gas emissions. And the U.S. proposes to accept canola oil opposed to raw seed. This creates another opportunity for Canada that right now has 14 processing plants with several more having been announcedReg Schellenberg, a rancher from Saskatchewan was elected by acclamation as the new president at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) annual general meeting in Ottawa.Schellenberg has served as a director in 2010 and was mostly recently CCA vice-president. Schellenberg will talk about the priorities for his term including advocating for the creation of a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine bank, enhancing the current suite of business risk programs for cattle producers, and increasing market access for Canadian beef in world markets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.