Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – Statistics Canada published its crush and grain deliveries reports on Dec. 24.
StatCan reported the November canola crush was almost 1.02 million tonnes. While that was 12.2 per cent more than in the previous November, it was about 7.5 per cent less than the record canola crush of 1.10 million tonnes in October.
The November crush produced 427,366 tonnes of canola oil, besting the 386,867 from a year ago. At 595,085 tonnes, meal produced edged out the previous November’s 526,448 tonnes.
As for Canada’s November soybean crush, it reached 142,330 tonnes, down 7.1 per cent from November 2023. Soyoil produced came to 26,364 tonnes, slipping from 26,773 a year ago. November soymeal output was 112,450 tonnes, falling from 117,597 the previous November.
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StatCan said November deliveries of all grains amounted to 4.83 million tonnes, compared to 5.63 million the year before.
Total wheat deliveries were 2.76 million tonnes versus 3.36 million tonnes 12 months earlier. Of that, durum amounted to 651,603 tonnes this November compared to 390,129 tonnes a year previously.
At 1.45 million tonnes, November canola deliveries stepped back from the 1.64 million hauled in 12 months earlier.
Barley deliveries were down from a year ago at 304,782 tonnes versus 372,099, but those for oats improved to 279,254 tonnes from 228,555.
Rye deliveries in November dropped to 10,923 tonnes from 14,924 the previous November. Flax as well was lower, but by a much lesser amount at 17,240 tonnes from 18,442.
