Canada: Canola yields less oil in 2024

The oil content of this year’s canola crop is not great.
When the Canadian Grain Commission took stock of the mean oil content from its submitted samples for 2024, values came back at 42.6 per cent. This year’s average is not as bad as 2021, when severe drought withered oil yield to 41.3 per cent, but reports are coming in well below the 10-year average.
The reason for lower oil content is pretty simple, said Veronique Barthet, program manager for oilseeds monitoring with the grain commission. Hot and dry weather in July and August, especially warm nights, prevented canola plants from producing oil inside the seed.
“During the cool nights, the crop has time to recover. This was not the case this year,” said Barthet, who spoke Dec. 3 at Canola Week, a Canola Council of Canada event in Saskatoon. “So, there is lower oil content …. The good news? It’s not as low as 2021.”
This year is just the latest to post below-average oil. The three years from 2021-24 showed lower oil content than the decade before. From 2010-20, oil content was consistently around 44 per cent or higher.
Canola with less oil in the seed means less oil production at crushing plants across the Prairies.
“The recent drop in average oil content has been unfortunate. We chalk it up to the hot and dry weather experienced in recent crop years,” said Chris Vervaet, Canadian Oilseed Processors Association executive director.
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