Tag: Cargill

Cargill’s Sasketechwan canola facility passes 50% completion milestone

Cargill’s Sasketechwan canola facility passes 50% completion milestone

July 16, 2024 |

In Canada, Cargill has surpassed the 50 percent completion milestone in the construction of its new canola facility located at the Global Transportation Hub in West Regina, Sask. Cargill broke ground on the facility in July 2022 and anticipates opening in 2025. The new facility will have the capacity to process 1 million metric tons […]

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Cargill and the Forever Green Initiative announces winter camelina and pennycress research collaboration

Cargill and the Forever Green Initiative announces winter camelina and pennycress research collaboration

July 10, 2024 |

In Minnesota, Cargill and the Forever Green Initiative, a research platform in the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota, are partnering to study winter camelina and domesticated pennycress. The collaboration will focus on the development of high performing seed varieties and farming techniques adapted for the unique growing […]

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WA Government enters exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a canola crush plant in Kwinana

WA Government enters exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a canola crush plant in Kwinana

April 5, 2024 |

In Australia, Mirage News reported that the government of Western Australia region has entered exclusive lease negotiations with Cargill Australia for a world-class canola crush plant in Kwinana. The report noted that Cargill is investigating the potential to develop a canola crush plant on a site adjacent to the CBH Kwinana Grain Terminal, subject to […]

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Cargill plans oilseed crushing plant in Australia

Cargill plans oilseed crushing plant in Australia

March 30, 2024 |

In Australia, Financial Review reported that Cargill and CBH Group, Australia’s largest cooperative, are working together on plans for a large-scale oilseed crushing plant south of Perth. The report noted that Cargill is in talks with the West Australian government about securing a site adjacent to CBH’s Kwinana grain terminal which sits on a rail […]

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Cargill awards Forever Green Initiative $2.5M to study winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress

Cargill awards Forever Green Initiative $2.5M to study winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress

February 19, 2024 |

In Minnesota, Cargill has awarded $2.5 million to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops—winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress—that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels while also protecting soil, improving water quality, and providing new revenue streams for farmers. Fuel made from […]

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Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

February 10, 2024 |

In Minnesota, the University of Minnesota said that Cargill has awarded $2.5 million to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops—winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress—that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels. “Winter camelina and pennycress could be truly transformative for farmers, the […]

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