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They’re crushing it! And that’s a good thing
Canola crushers are enjoying hefty margins, but that’s actually good news for farmers — especially given the poor-quality crop
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poor conditions at harvest have been good for Western Canada’s crushers, which are soaking up canola that would otherwise be hard to market. Weekly canola crush levels hit a record high of just over 200,000 tonnes the first week in January for the second time ever. While crush levels dipped the following week, the total […] Read more

Richardson cranking up canola crush, throughput at Lethbridge
Expansion plans finalized, underway at crush plant
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agri-food 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 says the new upgrades at its Lethbridge plant are expected to boost its peak annual crush to over 700,000 tonnes of canola per […] Read more