# Canola crush processing near capacity - Manitoba Co-operator

> Canadian canola crushing plants are running near full capacity, around 80 to 85 percent and sometimes 90 percent, limiting their ability to absorb canola seed that China has stopped buying. Oil and meal exports to China continue, but processors say there is little spare capacity to add volume.

- Date: 2019-05-06 · published 2019-05-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59063-canola-crush-processing-near-capacity-manitoba-co-operator
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

With crushing capacity maxed out, Canadian seed cannot be shifted into oil and meal to offset lost Chinese demand, keeping pressure on canola seed prices and leaving more seed in storage.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2018-03-21 | [ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures linked to NAFTA - Manitoba Co-operator](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66091-ice-weekly-outlook-canola-futures-linked-to-nafta-manitoba-co-operator.md) | -0.5% | -1.0% |
| SBO | 2023-06-01 | [Emerging canola processing at home will affect exports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35458-emerging-canola-processing-at-home-will-affect-exports-the-western-producer.md) | +4.8% | +21.3% |
| SBO | 2023-06-08 | [Emerging canola processing at home will affect exports \| The Western Producer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35462-emerging-canola-processing-at-home-will-affect-exports-the-western-producer.md) | +9.0% | +25.4% |
| SBO | 2025-04-28 | [Canadian canola prices rise on strong export demand](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25219-canadian-canola-prices-rise-on-strong-export-demand.md) | +0.6% | -0.4% |
| SBO | 2020-11-25 | [Chinese buyers look to cancel U.S. soybean orders as processing margins shrink \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50175-chinese-buyers-look-to-cancel-u-s-soybean-orders-as-processing-margins-shrink.md) | -1.6% | +8.6% |

## Sources

- manitobacooperator.ca: https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/crops/crushing-it-canola-processing-near-capacity/

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