Spring & Winter Canola – Crop Production
Winter canola planted in the fall (September) over winters and is harvested in June. Typically, winter canola will yield 20 to 30 percent more than spring canola. It is grown in warmer areas like the Southern Great Plains. ... and followed by Washington (163,000), Montana (160,000), Idaho (100,000) and Minnesota (79,000). North Dakota produced ...
It's a Canola Crushing Showdown
By Lynda Kiernan, Global AgInvesting Media There's a gold rush underway in Saskatchewan – however, this gold is the golden fields of canola – and it may be due to climbing demand for biofuel, and environmental pressure. In little more than a month, three major companies have announced plans to build massive canola crushing plants … Continue reading …
Viterra | World class canola crush facility
Viterra is pleased to announce its intent to build a world class canola crushing facility in Regina, Saskatchewan. The company is in the feasibility stage to finalise the plant's capabilities and design, with an initial targeted annual crush capacity of 2.5 million metric tonnes, which would make it the world's largest integrated canola crush facility.
Processing canola seed into oil and meal in Canada
Most Canadian companies use the same method to process canola seed. Cleaning. First canola seed is thoroughly cleaned to remove "dockage" – weed seeds, stems, pods and other materials that may be picked up as canola is harvested. Heating and flaking. Canola is heated and flaked before extraction so more oil can be released.
WA carbon future points to canola crush expansion
It is Australia's largest canola crusher, and imports, exports and trades vegetable oil. GrainCorp already has a footprint in WA canola with its crushing plant at Pinjarra, south of Perth, and last year announced WA was the preferred location for a new crushing plant which with an approximate capacity of 750,000-1Mt.
Warden Oilseed Processing
Viterra Oilseed Processing, located in Warden, Washington, is the largest commercial-scale canola processing facility west of the Rocky Mountains. It is one of only two large-scale canola processing facilities in North America using …
Ex-Legumex crush plant gets new owners, supply …
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., …
Federated, AGT plan to build canola crush plant in Sask.
The crush plant will be 51 percent owned by FCL and 49 percent owned by AGT. It will be capable of processing 1.1 million tonnes of canola seed and producing 450,000 tonnes of oil annually.
Canola crushing doubles productivity | The Western Producer
WINNIPEG — When compared to other parts of Canada's food industry, oilseed crushing is a superstar. From 2003-23, the productivity growth in grain and oilseed milling was 107.4 per cent.
Legumex to sell processing plants, wind down company
Legumex also said it is negotiating the sale of its 84 per cent interest in Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), a crushing plant in Washington state. Glencore PLC owns the rest. Legumex shares (TSX:LWP) rose 140 per cent to $2.16 on Monday in Toronto. In July, Legumex said PCC had defaulted on a $54.6 million loan. The company was hampered in 2014 by ...
Canola processing | CHS Inc.
Canola seed is delivered to the plant throughout the year, where it is processed and the value-added canola products are sold to customers in the food industry and to animal producers and feed mills. ... Through the crushing process, crude canola oil is extracted. The oil is refined and can be sold to local food companies. The meal that is left ...
Viterra latest to build Canada canola plant as demand surges
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -Private agribusiness Viterra Inc said on Monday that it will build the world's biggest canola-crushing plant at Regina, Saskatchewan, and open it in late 2024, as ...
Washington Oilseed Cropping Systems
The soil mineral N is the total plant-available nitrogen in the forms of nitrate and ammonium in the soil at the time of the soil test. How Deep is Too Deep to Plant Winter Canola? Winter canola establishment has always been a challenge in …
Multibillion-dollar renewable diesel facility, canola crushing plant
The $360-million canola crushing plant was proposed as part of a joint partnership between FCL and AGT Foods. It was meant to provide the plant-based diesel facility, fully owned by FCL, with ...
'String of disappointments': Canola producers say …
Two of a handful of major canola crush plants planned for the Regina area are on hold. (CJME file photo) 'String of disappointments': Canola producers say paused plants could hurt economy ... The Saskatchewan …
FCL pauses Regina biodiesel, canola crush plant projects for
Pausing that project was done in conjunction with AGT, according to the release, which notes the canola crush plant would have supplied feedstock to FCL's wholly-owned renewable diesel facility.
Cargill passes halfway mark on Regina canola crush plant …
Cargill says it has passed the halfway mark on construction of its new canola processing facility located in the Global Transportation Hub west of Regina, Saskatchewan. The facility, which is designed to process one million tonnes of canola per year, is now expected to open in 2025. "The current construction environment is full of unique…
They're crushing it: Canola plants seeing big-time profits
Crush plants are riding a wave of demand and processed about 794,000 tonnes of seed in September, the most in a year. And with crush margins well above $200 per tonne for futures contracts (more than triple what they were a year ago), demand for canola is forecast to remain high.. Although demand from crushers is robust, the impact on prices is hard to know, …
First canola crush plant arrives in Minnesota
The plant includes a grain receiving and storage facility, a crush plant that produces both crude canola oil and high protein canola meal animal feed, and a refinery that produces the food-grade oil. Production began in May and reached full capacity—crushing a thousand US tons of canola a day—in early June.
Canola Crushing Plant
This project is a 3,500 M/day green field canola processing plant. Graham was engaged by the owner August 27, 2021, in a CM contract to work within an integrated Project Management Team with the owner, Jacobs Engineering, and other stakeholders. The facility will be very similar to the owner's existing canola processing plant in Camrose, Alberta.
Regina Canola Crush Facility
Regina canola crush plant build has reached the 50% milestone. Our new canola crush plant in West Regina, Saskatchewan, is anticipated to open in the second half of 2025. Now at the halfway mark in this build, opening day is getting closer and closer. The new facility will process 1 million metric tons of canola annually and provide significant ...
Commercial Processing of Canola and Rapeseed: …
where domestic crushing of canola seed accounts for approximately 38% of all canoIa grown in Canada from 1978 to 1988. In order to ensure that quality canola products will be produced, it is essential that quality control begins with the raw ... canola plant, weed seeds, other grains, dust, and other foreign matter, all of which
Regina Crush Facility
Welcome to our Canola Crush Facility microsite, dedicated to providing ongoing information and updates about the significant investment we're planning for northeast Regina. Please visit regularly for new information, and if you have any questions reach out to us anytime at regina.crush.facility@viterra. Open House Presentation; Open House Q&A
Warden canola plant fills gap for area farmers | Tri-City Herald
Pacific Coast Canola's new Warden processing plant fills a gap for Eastern Washington farmers -- a local market. And by providing that market, officials hope to see …
Ameri sale makes Viterra a major canola player
Pipes, valves and manifolds are major components of the canola crushing plant. | Viterra photo. ... Growers in Washington, Oregon and Idaho planted 107,500 acres of canola in 2018, a 30 percent ...
Big jump in Canadian canola-crushing capacity coming
Canada's canola-crushing capacity of 11 million tonnes will jump by 4.6 million tonnes, or almost 42 per cent, to 15.6 million by 2024 thanks to two new plants just announced and the expansion of a third — all in Saskatchewan. ... Last year Canada's 14 canola-crushing plants processed about half the 20 million tonnes of canola seed ...
Canola emerging as major state crop
At full capacity, the plant can crush 1,100 metric tons of canola seed each day. Photo Gallery. WARDEN — Canola could prove itself to be a major state commodity over time, …
Canola at its Best in the Pacific Northwest
That's enough to supply a whopping 40 percent of the full-capacity Viterra crushing facility in Warden, Wash. "The Pacific Northwest will plant more spring canola and new …
$2B renewable diesel, canola-crushing plant to be built in …
The $2-billion canola-crushing and biodiesel plant will be built close to Regina's Co-op Refinery complex. (Richard Agecoutay/CBC News) Social Sharing.
National Canola Research Conference 2023
Research Associate Mark Thorne of Washington State University's Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, noted that Italian Ryegrass is the most challenging weed for canola in the Pacific Northwest, especially because it has developed resistance to some Group 9 and 10 herbicides like glyphosate and glufosinate. Fortunately, Group 3 herbicides are ...