# Decision to pause a $2-billion investment in canola rattles Saskatchewan growers - The Globe and Mail

> Federated Co-operatives and AGT Foods put on hold a planned $2 billion canola processing and renewable diesel project in Regina, citing rising costs and regulatory and political uncertainty. The project would have included a crushing plant and a refining plant, and the decision came days before Trump's inauguration.

- Date: 2025-02-19 · published 2025-02-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26155-decision-to-pause-a-2-billion-investment-in-canola-rattles-saskatchewan-growers
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Pausing new crush capacity reduces expected future demand for Canadian canola and the meal it produces, a bearish signal for long-run canola meal supply balances. The move also reflects weakening biofuel demand that weighs on vegetable oil pricing.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- theglobeandmail.com: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-saskatchewan-canola-investment-paused/

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