One of the more well established and tested feedstocks for biodiesel production is the oil that comes from beautiful, lush, yellow fields of Canola. Canola is actually a contraction of "CANadian Oil Low Acid", because it was synthesized as lower erucic acid containing 'strand' of the more common Rapeseed plant in the late 70's by Canadian selective breeders. Canola also sounds a whole lot more pleasant than 'rapeseed', at least in English. Both Canola (seeds) and it's grandfather Rapeseed have enormous potential as a biodiesel feedstock due to their low free fatty acid content, low moisture content, among many other positives. However, as is the case with almost all of the 'oil-seed' feedstocks, the cost of (planting, growing, harvesting, seeding, oil-extraction) leads to biodiesel production costs that are relatively high when compared to current petro-diesel. This cost obstacle is common though in new technologies, and we can all rest assured many teams are hard at work trying to find cost effective ways of canola oil extraction, and its use in biodiesel production of the future