O cultivo da canola no estado Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Canola ( Brassica napus L. and Brassica rapa L.) is a crop that is finding much space in the gaucho agricultural scenario. The federal government programs encourage the production of biofuels coupled with agricultural programs for small agricultural farms made Canola an interesting winter crop in the northern region of the state. Companies like BSBios, located in the city of Passo Fundo-RS, produce biofuel, where Canola oil is used in the industrial park. The Company and Embrapa Trigo - Passo Fundo, have been investing for years this plant as another alternative to the agricultural production in that region. Many cooperatives are diffusing among their assisted producers the cultivation of Canola, with guaranteed purchase for later sale to crushing companies for removal of Canola oil. The cultivation of Canola must have some care, as the edafoclimatic conditions and has few national cultivars. Most of the genetic material used in the state of RS (hybrids) is imported and only one cultivar was developed by Embrapa Trigo - Passo Fundo-RS (open pollination). The present work aimed to make a study of Canola situation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the last two cropyears of 2010 and 2011. It was tried in a concise form to report aspects of cultivation, production, use of genetic material and seed commercialization with the purpose of offer grains to biofuel production. Finally, it is made an analysis of opportunities, threats, weaknesses and strengths that the production of this type of seed may find in the state of Rio Grande do Sul and perhaps in Brazil in the future.