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Federated Co-operatives in November 2021 secured an option on this land north of its Co-op Refinery Complex at Regina. (FCL.crs)

Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Crusher would feed FCL's planned renewable diesel plant

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 18, 2022

Federated Co-operatives’ plans for a renewable diesel processing plant at Regina now also include processing the canola oil needed to supply that plant. Federated Co-op (FCL) on Monday announced a memo of understanding has been signed with Regina grain and pulse crop processor AGT Foods on a joint venture that will “look to construct” a […] Read more

A view of Imperial Oil’s Strathcona fuel refinery from the North Saskatchewan River. (Imperial Oil photo via BusinessWire)

Canola, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Imperial Oil lays out Alberta renewable diesel plan

Company would use 'locally grown' canola, soybean oils

By Laura Sanicola, GFM Network News August 25, 2021

Reuters — Imperial Oil, one of Canada’s biggest oil producers and refiners, on Wednesday outlined a plan to process vegetable oil into renewable diesel at its 191,000-barrel-per-day Edmonton-area refinery. The project, which still requires final approval, is part of majority-owner Exxon Mobil’s goal of producing more than 40,000 barrels per day of low-emissions fuels by […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Diesel prices, carbon tax cause headaches for farmers

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News February 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — Crude oil prices have been steadily on the rise since last November as oil-producing nations implement production cuts and Canadian farmers already affected by climbing diesel prices will have to dig deeper into their wallets this April. On April 1, the federal government’s carbon levy on diesel will go up from 8.05 cents […] Read more

Pickup trucks roll out of General Motors’ assembly plant at Oshawa, Ont. (Media.gm.ca)

General, Machinery, Reuters

GM aims to end sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered light trucks, cars by 2035

By David Shepardson, GFM Network News January 29, 2021

Washington | Reuters — General Motors said on Thursday it was setting a goal to sell all its new cars, SUVS and light pickup trucks with zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a dramatic shift by the largest U.S. automaker away from gasoline and diesel engines. GM, which also said it plans to become carbon-neutral by […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Machinery, Reuters

U.S. oil refiners press on renewable diesel for Canadian market

Few such projects seen moving forward within Canada

By Laura Sanicola, Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 5, 2020

Winnipeg/New York | Reuters — U.S. oil refineries are moving aggressively to produce renewable diesel, partly to cash in on Canada’s greener fuel standard before Canadian refiners modify their own plants. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government intends to present its Clean Fuel Standard this year, aiming to cut 30 million tonnes of emissions by […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

Diesel prices expected to trend lower

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 7, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canadian producers may enjoy a lower diesel bill during spring seeding, as reductions in demand have weighed on diesel prices across North America. Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, said retail diesel prices are down by about 10 to 15 cents per litre since the beginning of the year. The drop […] Read more

Smoke rises from the site of burning railcars at a CP derailment near Guernsey, Sask., on Feb. 6, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Nayan Sthankiya)

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New curb follows another Saskatchewan crash, fire

By David Ljunggren, Rod Nickel February 6, 2020

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — The federal government said Thursday it would impose temporary speed limits on trains hauling dangerous goods after a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) crude oil train derailed and caught fire. The accident, which happened in the early hours of Thursday near Guernsey, Sask., about 40 km south of Humboldt, was the second […] Read more

General, Machinery, Markets

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm November 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Diesel prices in Canada and the U.S. have increased marginally ahead of winter, which is expected for this time of year — but in the New Year, prices on the farm will likely be higher than normal, as the ocean freight industry adopts new environmental standards. While a farmer’s demand for diesel is […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

By Stephanie Kelly October 10, 2019

New York | Reuters — Diesel prices in the U.S. Midwest have sunk to a three-year seasonal low as farmers in the region face adverse weather conditions, further complicating an already delayed harvest season, traders and farmers said. Diesel demand typically rises during harvest season because farming equipment and trucks transporting product use the fuel. […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By Stephanie Kelly, GFM Network News July 11, 2019

Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower in profit-taking, technical correction

Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union

U.S. grains: Corn slips from six-week high, soybeans down on China demand worries

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower in profit-taking, technical correction

Strong borders bill could increase temporary foreign worker vulnerability says National Farmers Union

U.S. grains: Corn slips from six-week high, soybeans down on China demand worries

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Co-op, AGT plan to crush canola at Regina

Imperial Oil lays out Alberta renewable diesel plan

Diesel prices, carbon tax cause headaches for farmers

GM aims to end sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered light trucks, cars by 2035

U.S. oil refiners press on renewable diesel for Canadian market

Diesel prices expected to trend lower

Canada to cut speed limits for trains hauling dangerous goods

New environmental rules expected to further lift diesel prices

U.S. diesel prices hit three-year low as harvest delays feared

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

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