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FEATURE: SPECIAL REPORT: CANOLA-BASED BIODIESEL

cake, which is also a byproduct of Western Canada's well-established canola
crushing industry, has long been used
as a cattle feed, particularly by the dairy
industry. Canola meal is known to increase milk production.
This attribute of canola meal, as opposed to soybean meal, is now being
marketed in China, and research is under way to further improve canola meal
as a feed for hogs and poultry and to increase the oil content of the seed. Canada's aquaculture industry also appears
to be a ready market for canola protein

"Biodiesel is a fatty acid
methyl ester, and that's the
basic chemical building block
for a lot of interesting things,
like plastics and polymers."

"Biodiesel is a fatty acid methyl ester,
and that's the basic chemical building
block for a lot of interesting things, like
plastics and polymers.
"So, if we're looking out at the future,
I'd say those companies ought to be doing a lot of research and development
into how they can market their product
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to value-added industries."

Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
Leo Quigley writes for a variety of national
and international publications specializing
in agriculture and transportation. He can be
reached at Quigley@dccnet.com.
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The
choice
of
experts

Tyler Bjornson,
Canola Council of Canada

concentrates to replace today's expensive fish meals.
Glycerin, on the other hand, is an accepted lubricant with a wide variety of
industrial and personal care uses, including soap making. And should there
be a surplus of glycerin or canola meal,
both can be used as a fuel source for biogas production.
Nevertheless, even Bjornson admits
that the biodiesel industry is based
largely on government subsidies and
is prone to all the problems associated
with agricultural subsidies, including
the possibility that government could
quickly reduce or eliminate its financial
support.
To avoid this, Bjornson said Canada's
biodiesel industry would have to stress
vertical integration within the industry and research and development to
create new uses for biodiesel and new
products.
"What will be important is that this industry innovates so it continues to look
for new product development," he said.

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