The interest in canola production has increased significantly in the United States in the last 5 to 10 years. Today, there is an increasing demand for this oil by diet-conscious consumers. With the development of new winter tolerant varieties (conventional and RR) canola offers promise as an excellent rotational crop to winter wheat. Winter canola has high quality oil and can be used as a excellent source of forage, hay and meal. A rotation with canola provides an opportunity to control difficult grass weed species found in traditional wheat. These include cheat, Italian. ryegrass, jointed goatgrass, rescuegrass, wild oats, and feral rye. The objective of the OKANOLA project is to provide research, education and demonstration to stimulate the development of winter canola as a major profitable rotational crop for Oklahoma wheat growers. This project is a coordinated effort to rapidly introduce winter canola as a major crop in Oklahoma with the objective of improving wheat quality. In the fall of 2003, 100 acres of RR canola (DKW 13-86, DKW 13-62) were established (10 – 10 acre blocks) in north western Oklahoma to evaluate the agronomic fit in traditional wheat growing areas. Also approximately 700 acres of conventional canola (Wichita) were also established. The current OKANOLA project initiated in the fall of 2004 has 15,000 to 16,000 acres in Oklahoma and 3000 to 4000 acres in southern Kansas. The fields in Oklahoma were selected by the OSU county extension educator in each of 15 key counties. After county educators received training, each educator identified 4 to 8 growers who were willing to establish field demonstrations with RR canola with 80 to 160 acres per site. County extension educators are responsible for providing hands on information transfer to all growers currently evaluating RR canola within their counties.