Canola, U.S. soybean crushes expanding

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The Canadian and U.S. canola crushes expanded in calendar year 2025, as it the U.S. soybean crush. However, StatCan didn’t release data for the Canadian soybean crush. Photo: File

Glacier FarmMedia — In calendar year 2025, canola crushes in Canada and the United States remained above their respective five-year averages, Statistics Canada reported on March 13.

While the U.S. soybean crush continued to expand, StatCan didn’t include any soybean crush data for 2025 due to confidentiality requirements under the Statistics Act.

Canola

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Canadian canola crushers took in more than 11.55 million tonnes of the oilseed last year, compared to the five-year average of 10.16 million. In the U.S., which has a far smaller canola crop to work with, its crush came to 2.02 million tonnes, a little more than the average of 1.98 million.

CanolaCanada 5-yearU.S.5-year
Seed11.55410.1622.0191.981
Oil4.8924.3250.8030.803
Meal6.7935.9051.1691.142

Soybeans

At more than 60 million tonnes, the U.S. soybean crush continued to expand with it far exceeding its five-year averages for seed, oil and meal. For the Canadian crush, it was receding from recent highs in 2022.

SoybeansCanada5-yearU.S.5-year
Seedn/a1.71968.22360.567
Oiln/a0.31913.40011.862
Mealn/a1.33850.48444.552

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