Cargill and Bayer form Specialty Canola Oil Alliance
The alliance will combine Bayer CropScience’s expertise in producing high-performing, high-yielding seed with Cargill Specialty Canola Oil’s patented technology for producing and utilizing high oleic canola oil.
The alliance will combine Bayer CropScience’s expertise in producing high-performing, high-yielding seed with Cargill Specialty Canola Oil’s patented technology for producing and utilizing high oleic canola oil. The alliance also intends to collaborate on research to develop other desirable oil traits, with a goal of accelerating the supply of canola varieties that produce high stability oil with improved nutritional composition.
The seed produced by the alliance will be developed from Bayer’s market-leading InVigor line of hybrid canola. This will be an additional choice for growers who contract with Cargill through its AgHorizons retail business - they will have access to InVigor hybrids with the LibertyLink herbicide tolerance system, in addition to Cargill’s own proprietary specialty oil canola seed with Roundup Ready technology. InVigor hybrids with these special oil profiles could be released for commercial growing in Canada and the United States as early as 2007.
“With this alliance, we are partnering with the North American canola seed leader to expand choice for growers and assure a consistent supply of identity preserved oil for our growing list of customers seeking to eliminate trans fat and reduce saturated fats,” said Cargill Corporate Vice President Scott Portnoy. “Historically, specialty trait crops haven’t achieved large-scale use due to the complexity of managing the total system from seed research through production to the end user. Bayer and Cargill working together can build a system capable of delivering special characteristics in the volumes necessary for today’s marketplace.”
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