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Used cooking oil crushes soy sector

Oilseed processors say imported used cooking oil from China is displacing soybean oil in the American biofuel industry

The United States continues to face a tsunami of used cooking oil imports from China that is undermining the country’s soybean crush expansion, says an analyst.



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Alberta harvest wraps up

Harvest operations in Alberta are virtually complete for 2024, the province’s crop report said. Combining advanced three points to 99 per cent finished as of Oct. 22 as well as being three points above the five-year average.







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ICE canola weekly outlook: Weak soybeans a “problem”

The ICE Futures canola market backed away from nearby highs during the week ended Oct. 16, as losses in Chicago soybeans and soyoil weighed on values. With the canola harvest in its final stages across Western Canada, the market will likely settle in a sideways range while looking to outside influences for direction.