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Federated Co-operatives in November 2021 secured an option on this land north of its Co-op Refinery Complex at Regina. (FCL.crs)

Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Crusher would feed FCL's planned renewable diesel plant

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 18, 2022

Federated Co-operatives’ plans for a renewable diesel processing plant at Regina now also include processing the canola oil needed to supply that plant. Federated Co-op (FCL) on Monday announced a memo of understanding has been signed with Regina grain and pulse crop processor AGT Foods on a joint venture that will “look to construct” a

Richardson International, one of three major oilseed processors, recently announced plans to boost domestic canola crush capacity.

News, Oilseeds

Big jump in Canadian canola-crushing capacity coming

It follows several years of back-to-back record domestic crushing of half the country’s domestic production

By Allan Dawson May 10, 2021

Western Canada will soon be able to crush a lot more canola, and Chris Vervaet is confident the seed will be there to do it. “We believe there will be a supply response to this demand pull that we are seeing for canola and canola products,” Vervaet, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association

Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins double year-ago level

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin October 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Canola crush margins have shown considerable improvement in recent weeks — a sign the commodity is looking cheap compared to its product values. As of Monday, the Canola Board Crush Margin calculated by ICE Futures U.S. was about $100 above the November contract — a figure up by $10 over the past month

China is buying increasing volumes of canola oil and meal from Canada, says Chris Vervaet, executive director of the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association.

News

New record for Canadian canola crushing in 2018-19

By Allan Dawson September 5, 2019

TRADE Back-to-back record canola crushing is unlikely to result in increased crushing capacity due to trade uncertainty

China all but stopped importing Canadian canola seed in March, but it’s buying more Canadian canola oil and meal than ever. Meanwhile, Canadian processors crushed a record 9.295 million tonnes of canola seed during the 2018-19 crop year, ending July 31, Statistics Canada figures show. That’s up 0.3 per cent, or 26,000 tonnes, from the

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops

Canola crushing steady

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team July 25, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s domestic canola crushing remains steady year over year. Statistics Canada data show 742,573 tonnes of canola seed crushed in June this year, which marks a slight rise from 731,124 in June 2017 and 702,716 in the same month of 2016. Domestic crushers processed 765,216 tonnes of seed in May of this

Richardson International’s canola crushing facility at Lethbridge, shown here in July 2016. (Photo courtesy Richardson International)

Crops

Richardson cranking up canola crush, throughput at Lethbridge

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 17, 2016

Agrifood firm Richardson International plans to put up $120 million to dial up the processing capacity of its canola crushing plant in southern Alberta by over 55 per cent. Privately-held, Winnipeg-based Richardson said Wednesday the new upgrades at its Lethbridge plant are expected to boost its peak annual crush to over 700,000 tonnes of canola per year,

Crops

Bunge canola plant damaged in fire

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff August 3, 2016

U.S. agrifood processor Bunge is sizing up damage to its canola crushing plant at Nipawin in northeastern Saskatchewan after a fire in one of its buildings Tuesday. According to local media, firefighters were called to the plant late Tuesday afternoon and fought a fire at the site until after midnight. Scott Roblin of the Nipawin

Crops, Markets

Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 5, 2016

Canada’s top grain handler is set to start feeding canola to a U.S. West Coast crushing plant now half-owned by the Prairie company’s parent firm. Regina-based Viterra, the grain handling arm of multinational commodity firm Glencore, on Tuesday announced a supply and marketing deal with Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), a next-to-new crush plant at Warden, Wash.,

Shanghai, from the Huangpu River near the Oriental Pearl tower. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News August 24, 2015

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola exports will likely get dragged down by the sea of red ink flowing from Chinese markets, according to an analyst. “It will slow the export market. The whole canola engine has shrunk a little bit. Production will be down about 15 per cent or thereabouts,” said Errol Anderson of ProMarket

Crops, Markets

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 16, 2015

The rise of soybeans as a cash crop in and around Manitoba, and the availability of hogs to dine on soy meal, could support Western Canada’s first-ever soybean crushing plant, a new study finds. The feasibility study, run by Winnipeg-based Mercantile Venture Consulting and backed by the federal and Manitoba governments, shows a Manitoba crushing

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Iran conflict drives up urea prices

Speculative net long position grows in canola

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Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Big jump in Canadian canola-crushing capacity coming

Canola crush margins double year-ago level

New record for Canadian canola crushing in 2018-19

Canola crushing steady

Richardson cranking up canola crush, throughput at Lethbridge

Bunge canola plant damaged in fire

Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

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