# More Dairies Turning To Canola Meal | Tank Transport

> Dairy nutritionists report that a growing share of dairy herds, especially larger ones, now use canola meal as their main protein source, even without a steep discount to soybean meal. Early fall canola pricing was $220 to $250 per ton while soybean meal hovered near $300.

- Date: 2018-12-27 · published 2018-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61669-more-dairies-turning-to-canola-meal-tank-transport
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Stronger canola meal demand from dairies can support canola meal prices and widen substitution away from soybean meal, though transport constraints from western Canada limit how far it can displace SBM in the Midwest.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: neutral
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- tanktransport.com: https://tanktransport.com/2018/12/more-dairies-turning-to-canola-meal/

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