PHILPOT, Ky.--(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.
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.
