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

Canola crush margins double year-ago level

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 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 […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops

Canola crushing steady

By 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 […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops

Richardson cranking up canola crush, throughput at Lethbridge

By Alberta Farmer 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, […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Bunge canola plant damaged in fire

By Alberta Farmer 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 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply deal

By Alberta Farmer 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., […] Read more

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

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola exports to feel pinch of Chinese market crash

By Dave Sims 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 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Study finds Manitoba ready for soy crushing

By Alberta Farmer 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 […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Bunge resumes canola crushing after fire, soy line down

By Rod Nickel May 1, 2015

Reuters — Agrifood firm Bunge Ltd. restarted canola processing at its Hamilton, Ont. plant late Thursday after a fire, spokeswoman Deb Seidel said Friday. She said the plant will resume soybean processing after the investigation into the fire is complete and water is cleaned up. There were no injuries, she said. According to Hamilton’s fire […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

New Alta. canola crush capacity online soon

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm March 20, 2015

CNS Canada –– A new crushing plant Cargill is building at Camrose, Alta. will soon provide another outlet for Prairie canola, as the company is set to take delivery from farmers starting Tuesday. The facility, first announced in 2012, will be able to crush 2,500 tonnes of canola per day when operating at capacity. The […] Read more

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Canola crush margins double year-ago level

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

Bunge resumes canola crushing after fire, soy line down

New Alta. canola crush capacity online soon

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