Pacific Coast Canola hopes to be 100 percent locally sourced within the next few years. The $120 million Warden, Wash., plant is working to increase farmer awareness of the agronomic benefits of raising canola. WARDEN, Wash. — Pacific Coast Canola expects to buy nearly 2 million metric tons of canola over the next four to five years, and its managers say they want to buy it from Northwest farmers. Pacific Coast Canola buys canola from the Northwest, Canada and the Midwest through cooperative elevators and grain dealers for its new plant in Warden, Wash. “Our goal in the next several years is to be 100 percent local-sourced,” chief operating officer Matt Upmeyer said. About 66,000 acres of canola were planted in the Northwest in 2011. That increased to roughly 111,000 acres in 2012 and 144,000 acres in 2013. The company expects growth to continue in 2014. Upmeyer said PNW canola typically yields roughly 1 ton per acre. The $120 million plant is slated to reach full production capacity by the end of the year. At full capacity, the plant can produce 40 million gallons of edible canola oil and 220 metric tons of canola meal annually. The plant uses roughly 380,000 metric tons of canola seed annually. capitalpress/article/20131028/ARTICLE/131029898/1014#sthash.Zd9bSNjC.dpuf capitalpress/article/20131028/ARTICLE/131029898/1014
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