The Canadian canola crush slowed for the second straight month in February but remained above the year-earlier level.
A Statistics Canada report Tuesday pegged the February canola crush at 951,353 tonnes, down 9.7% from January although still up 7.8% from 882,610 in February 2025. It also marked the first time in six months the crush has dipped below the 1-million tonne mark.
The high for the 2025-26 marketing year occurred in December 2025, with the crush hitting 1.077 million tonnes.
The cumulative year-to-date 2025-26 canola crush (August to February) now stands at 7.066 million tonnes, compared to 6.812 million for the same period last year. That is up 3.7% and represents about 58% of the full-year Agriculture Canada forecast of 12 million tonnes.
According to the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, total national canola crush capacity is expected to reach 15 million tonnes in 2026. Cargill’s new canola crush plant at Regina is estimated to process about 1 million tonnes of canola seed annually when it opens this spring.
The February crush produced 408,564 tonnes of canola oil, down from 449,181 in January but up from 373,427 in February 2025.
