Glacier FarmMedia — The April Canadian canola crush set a new record for the month at slightly more than 1.05 million tonnes according to the Statistics Canada monthly crush report issued May 22.
The report also showed new April records for oil and meal production at 450,576 and 606,047 tonnes, respectively.
It’s believed that very strong crush margins and new crush facilities coming online may be behind the increases.
The record crush of any month was October 2024, with 1.1 million tonnes of canola producing 459,220 tonnes of oil and 648,271 tonnes of meal.
For the tenth consecutive month, StatCan did not publish new soybean crush data. The agency said the numbers have been “suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.”
Canola (tonnes)April 2026April 202525/26 to date24/25 to dateSeed crushed1,052,245919,2459,216,1588,756,219Oil produced450,576390,2763,919,1433,694,686Meal produced606,047543,0395,380,6495,141,549
Soybeans (tonnes)April 2026April 202525/26 to date24/25 to dateSeed crushedN/A146,693N/A1,192,613Oil producedN/A27,549N/A 222,427Meal producedN/A116,007 N/A933,247