Cargill has broken ground on its $350 million canola processing facility at Regina, Saskatchewan. The new facility is projected to have an annual production capacity of 1 million metric tons and will support the growing global demand for canola products, the company says. Cargill anticipates the project to be completed by 2024. The new facility... Read More
Category: Biofuels
More than five years in the making, the Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) is happily looking to the future of the biofuel industry after the federal government published the new Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR),replacing the Clean Fuel Standard. Steve Pratte, senior manager of transportation and biofuel policy with the CCGA, shares why the organization is... Read More
The Canadian government has unveiled its awaited Clean Fuel Regulation (CFR), setting the stage for increased biofuel demand and production. Once fully implemented, the CFR is expected to cut up to 26.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution by 2030, or roughly the amount of GHGs currently generated by the entire Canadian economy in two... Read More
Ceres Global Ag Corp. has suspended plans to build a canola crush plant and refinery along the Canada-U.S. border at Northgate, Saskatchewan. The publicly-traded company says it has decided to halt the project "due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to, inflationary pressures resulting in higher costs than initially projected and shifting... Read More
Regina is set to welcome a new flax straw processing facility that looks to be a win-win business model as it allows producers a solution to flax residue and also will create oversea business opportunities in the way of biomass fuels. Prairie Clean Energy is the company behind the facility and Brita Lind, chief marketing... Read More
The return of Canada's Farm Show, previously known as Canada's Farm Progress Show, in Regina, Sask., brought out thousands of industry reps, farmers and Saskatchewan's Premier, Scott Moe. With the first day of the show being geared toward the theme of innovation, Moe shared his admiration for the ideas that have turned into full fledged... Read More
Unlike biodiesel, renewable diesel is chemically the same as petroleum-derived diesel. That means, renewable diesel is a one-to-one swap out for diesel and is a low-carbon fuel option. That matters, especially as the Canadian government pushes for continued lowering of emissions and is providing incentives for biofuel, including renewable diesel. To explore how renewable diesel... Read More
Earlier this month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposal which could open the export doors even wider for Canadian canola producers. The proposed plan would recognize renewable diesel and jet fuel made from canola oil as “advanced biofuels” under the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) is enthusiastic... Read More
Over the past few years the phrase "unprecedented times" has been used often and for good reason. There has been a continual domino effect of global events that has put a unique strain on many things, especially global trade. The result is that change isn't coming — it's here. As a country, Canada needs to... Read More
Automation isn't the only new advancements being made in farm equipment, as proven by New Holland that's moving forward commercializing a methane powered tractor. The new sustainably-minded T6.180 tractor was on display at Commodity Classic in New Orleans earlier this month. Mark Lowery, with New Holland, talks about the new opportunities on the horizon for... Read More