Tag: canola

Cargill’s Regina canola crush plant delayed

Cargill’s Regina canola crush plant delayed

December 16, 2025 |

In Canada, the Leader Post newspaper reports that Cargill’s canola crush plant under construction near Regina is delayed but the company assures it’s due to typical building issues, the weather and materials. Other planned large canola crushing projects in the region like Viterra and Federated Cooperatives Ltd. have been halted, as geopolitical issues such as […]

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Statistics Canada expects more Canola plantation

Statistics Canada expects more Canola plantation

August 31, 2025 |

In Canada, MooseJaw Today reported that Canadian farmers are forecast to harvest more canola in 2025/26, according to Statistics Canada. StatCan estimated there’s about 19.94 million ton of canola to be harvested, 3.6% more than its revised 2024/25 figure of 19.24 million. Among the other major crops, corn for grain was forecast to edge higher […]

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FCL pauses giant Canadian canola dn RD facility due to regulatory and political uncertainty

FCL pauses giant Canadian canola dn RD facility due to regulatory and political uncertainty

January 20, 2025 |

In Canada, Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has paused, the two main projects related to its proposed Integrated Agriculture Complex in Regina. Due to regulatory and political uncertainty, potential shifts in low-carbon public policy, and escalating costs, FCL’s proposed renewable diesel facility and joint venture canola crush projects, as originally conceived, are paused for the foreseeable […]

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Bayer and Neste to collaborate on developing feedstocks for renewable fuels

Bayer and Neste to collaborate on developing feedstocks for renewable fuels

January 13, 2025 |

In Germany, Bayer and Neste announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly scale winter canola as a biomass-based feedstock for renewable products like biofuels.  Within the collaboration, the companies are going to develop a winter canola ecosystem in the Southern Great Plains of the US, including product development and additional collaborations […]

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Cargill’s Sasketechwan canola facility passes 50% completion milestone

Cargill’s Sasketechwan canola facility passes 50% completion milestone

July 16, 2024 |

In Canada, Cargill has surpassed the 50 percent completion milestone in the construction of its new canola facility located at the Global Transportation Hub in West Regina, Sask. Cargill broke ground on the facility in July 2022 and anticipates opening in 2025. The new facility will have the capacity to process 1 million metric tons […]

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WA Government enters exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a canola crush plant in Kwinana

WA Government enters exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a canola crush plant in Kwinana

April 5, 2024 |

In Australia, Mirage News reported that the government of Western Australia region has entered exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a world-class canola crush plant in Kwinana. The report noted that Cargill is investigating the potential to develop a canola crush plant on a site adjacent to the CBH Kwinana Grain Terminal, subject to […]

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Cargill plans oilseed crushing plant in Australia

Cargill plans oilseed crushing plant in Australia

March 30, 2024 |

In Australia, Financial Review reported that Cargill and CBH Group, Australia’s largest cooperative, are working together on plans for a large-scale oilseed crushing plant south of Perth. The report noted that Cargill is in talks with the West Australian government about securing a site adjacent to CBH’s Kwinana grain terminal which sits on a rail […]

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