ADM To Expand Canada Canola Plant

ADM Agri-Industries, a subsidiary of U.S. agrifood company Archer Daniels Midland, said March 21 it will double seed receiving and storage capacity at its canola-processing plant in Lloydminster, Alberta. The expansion is the most recent in a series of moves by crushers that reflects strong demand for the oilseed, which is Canada’s second-biggest crop after

Cold Weather Limited Top-Grade Canada Canola Supplies

Top-grade canola made up just three-quarters of last year’s crop in Western Canada, the lowest proportion in six years, after too much rain and cool weather kept the oilseed from fully maturing, a Canadian government report said. Canada is the world’s top exporter of canola. In contrast to last year’s limited canola production, the top-quality


Canola Crop Seen Up If Water Holds Back

Canada’s farmers will likely harvest more canola this year to cash in on high prices, but flooding is possible in Saskatchewan and will be a key factor, the head of the main canola industry group said Jan. 18. Canola, soybean and rapeseed prices are trading around two-to three-year highs, giving farmers ample reason to seed

Monsanto Committed To Canola

Derek Penner was an infant when canola, a healthier derivative of rapeseed, was first developed in 1974 at the University of Manitoba in collaboration with Agriculture Canada. Last week, the youthful president of Monsanto Canada helped open Monsanto’s new $12-million canola-breeding centre at the U of M’s Smartpark. “It embodies Monsanto’s very best in research


German Biodiesel Refiners Face Shortage

Germany’s biodiesel refineries face a shortage of rapeseed oil because of new European Union rules requiring biofuels to be sustainable. The measure, designed to prevent the destruction of tropical rainforests to produce biofuel feedstock such as palm oil and soy oil, requires exporters to have a sustainable farming certificate. Germany’s major rapeseed suppliers, France, Britain

Canada’s Record Canola Crush To Spur By-Product Exports

Increased crush capacity in Western Canada will result in a record amount of canola being processed during the current crop year and boost exports of canola oil and meal, according to a government analyst. “Right now, I am forecasting that processors in Canada will crush 5.5 million tonnes of canola,” said Chris Beckman, an oilseed


China’s Tight-Money Policy Drags Down Commodities

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform maintained an upward price trend for much of the week before the Chinese government’s decision to keep a tight monetary policy sent world currencies into a frenzy and sparked a massive speculative sell-off of commodity positions. The speculative liquidation essentially sent CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade)

Seed Ban Has Silver Lining

China’s partial ban on canola seed imports from Canada last year was a boon to value-added exports of oil and meal to that country. While exports of canola seed to China fell in 2009 after it declared it would no longer accept Canadian canola unless it was certified free of the fungal disease blackleg, exports


Canola Oil Makes The Biodiesel Grade – for Aug. 5, 2010

Biodiesel made from canola oil would emit 50 per cent less greenhouse gas than petroleum diesel fuel, which would make it eligible for the U. S. mandate to increase renewable fuel production, according to the U. S. Envi ronmental Protect ion Agency (EPA). EPA data that compares greenhouse gas emissions between biodiesel and conventional diesel,