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

Canola crushers running at full steam

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CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers showed no signs of slowing down their record pace over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, with the weekly crush topping 200,000 tonnes for only the second time ever. The canola crush during the week ended Wednesday came in at 200,294 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed […] Read more
(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops

Canadian canola exports picking up

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CNS Canada — Weekly Canadian canola exports hit their second-highest level of the marketing year to date during the latest reporting period, although total out-of-country business is still running behind the year-ago level. Canada exported 293,300 tonnes of canola during the week ended Sunday, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. That compares with […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops

Canola crush hits new weekly record

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CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers hit a new weekly record during the second week of November, processing more than 200,000 tonnes of canola for the first time ever. The canola crush during the week ended Wednesday came in at 203,951 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed Processors Association report. The previous record […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops

Canola crush running close to full capacity

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CNS Canada — Canadian canola processors are running at close to full capacity, with a near record weekly crush posted during the week ended Wednesday. The weekly canola crush, during the week ending Sept. 21, hit 190,623 tonnes — the second largest on record, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) data. Crushers were operating […] 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

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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
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Canola, Crops

Bunge canola plant damaged in fire

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

Canola crush margins at best levels of year

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CNS Canada — Canola crush margins have improved considerably over the past few weeks, to sit at some of their best levels of the past year. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost when processing canola, with exchange rates also factoring into the equation. As […] Read more
Canola seed, oil and meal. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits yearly low

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CNS Canada — Canada’s weekly canola crush dropped sharply over the week ended Wednesday, but some of the decline is likely tied to an overstatement of what was processed the previous week. The weekly canola crush came in at only 110,909 tonnes, which compares with 180,078 tonnes the previous week, according to data from the […] Read more

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