Insights and Stories on COPA

Dec. 28, 2016 at 1:10 pm CST

The Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA) has added its voice to grain industry organizations praising a report from the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on rail transportation affecting grain shippers. Recommendations in the report broadly encompass the adjustments required to the Canada Transportation Act to ensure the Canadian […]

By Staff

Dec. 23, 2016 at 12:30 pm CST

The Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) is pleased that the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities is recommending making extended interswitching limits permanent in its recently tabled study into making rail transportation more competitive. “Having competitive options made available through extended interswitching limits has introduced a […]

By Staff

Nov. 21, 2016 at 8:43 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers hit a new weekly record during the second week of November, processing more than 200,000 tonnes of canola for the first time ever. The canola crush during the week ended Wednesday came in at 203,951 tonnes, according to the most recent Canadian Oilseed Processors […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 14, 2016 at 1:02 pm CST

Winnipeg/Beijing | Reuters –– Canadian canola meal shipments to China have jumped to their highest level in five years, boosting profits of crush plants and firming prices as farmers slog through a difficult harvest. Canada shipped 415,000 tonnes of canola meal to China from January through August, the most since […]

By Hallie Gu, Rod Nickel

Sep. 23, 2016 at 3:48 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola processors are running at close to full capacity, with a near record weekly crush posted during the week ended Wednesday. The weekly canola crush, during the week ending Sept. 21, hit 190,623 tonnes — the second largest on record, according to Canadian Oilseed Processors Association […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin