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“With crush capacity building here, farmers are going to be storing more soybeans to ship 12 months out of the year.” – Monte Peterson, Valley City, ND.
News, Oilseeds

New processors to reshape North Dakota’s export-focused soy sector

Additional capacity will change grain production and transportation links in the region

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North Dakota’s soybean industry is at the forefront of what could be a once-in-a-generation transformation, with two new processing plants set to open in 2023 and 2024 for biofuel production. U.S. soybean crush capacity may swell by as much as 30 per cent over the next four years, with more than a dozen planned new
Editorial, Opinion

Editorial: Provincial benefit

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There isn’t even a firm proposal on the table and already folks are lining up to argue over where any future soybean-crushing plant should be built in the province. Among the first out of the gate was a group in western Manitoba, that last year commissioned a feasibility study on the concept of building the
While the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers supports efforts to attract a soybean-crushing plant to Manitoba the association is neutral on where in the province it’s built, says executive director Francois Labelle.
Local news, Oilseeds, Pulses

MPSG clarifies position on a Manitoba soybean-crushing plant

The association supports the goal, but says the location will be decided by the company that builds

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Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG) supports efforts to attract a soybean-crushing plant to Manitoba, but is neutral on where it’s built, says association executive director Francois Labelle. “We want to see a facility built in Manitoba,” Labelle said in an interview Sept. 29. “That has been our position since we first started talking about
Minnesota Soybean Processors plans to expand out of its base at Brewster, Minnesota, with a proposed plant at 
Spiritwood, North Dakota.
Crops, Oilseeds

Westman soybean plant proponents not discouraged by North Dakota plant

The Westman Opportunities Leadership Group says a plant proposed 
for Spiritwood, N.D. shows how fast soybean production is growing 
on the northern Great Plains

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A committee studying the case for building a soybean-crushing plant in western Manitoba is undeterred by plans announced last week for one in Spiritwood, North Dakota, 140 km west of Fargo. “I think this just confirms to us that there is a significant potential here and I am quite sure we will continue to investigate
As soybeans break out of the Red River Valley, Westman looks to become a logical choice for any future crushing plant.
Crops, Local news, Oilseeds

Westman group exploring feasibility of soybean-crushing plant

Westman Opportunities Leadership Group chair Ray Redfern says with soybean production expanding and perhaps hog production too, a plant in western Manitoba could make sense

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A group of community leaders is studying the feasibility of building a 5,000-tonne-per-day soybean-crushing plant in western Manitoba. The newly created Westman Opportunities Leadership Group (WOLG) is a volunteer group whose membership includes business, farm and civic leaders from the region. “Most of the (soybean) growth from here on in will certainly be in Westman,”
As soybean acres continue to expand across Western Canada, the concept of creating a local processing plant lingers.
Crops, Local news

Keeping soybeans at home to be fed

KAP members support a crushing plant, and a study for the MPGA says it’s worthwhile

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Many of Manitoba’s hog barns are surrounded by soybean fields, but the soymeal inside them may have come from hundreds of miles away in the U.S. That prompted Keystone Agricultural Producers members at their recent summer advisory meeting here to support the Brandon Chamber of Commerce’s efforts to encourage industry to construct a soybean-processing plant

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