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ADDITIONAL CROPS BEYOND SOYBEANS GAIN ATTENTION OF OILSEED PROCESSORS
Oct. 13, 2026
Agri-Pulse reports:
As NOPA members like Scoular, CHS and Louis Dreyfus collectively invest more than $7 billion to ramp up U.S. oilseed processing in anticipation of more feedstock demand for making biomass-based diesel and similar fuels, alternative oils from crops like canola, sunflower and camelina are garnering more attention, Mogler says.
Soybeans now account for about 97% of oilseed processing, but other crops with higher oil content -- some of which have already started to expand -- are expected to make up an increasing amount of the crush in coming years, the NOPA CEO says.
"It's not going to happen overnight, but I think there's a lot of potential for some of these other crops," Mogler says.
Scoular, a more than century-old agribusiness based in Omaha, Nebraska, recently opened a crush plant in Kansas that can process both soybeans and canola. The facility is running at capacity, Ed Prosser, senior vice president of special projects at Scoular, tells Agri-Pulse.
"We had about 100,000 acres of canola this year, give or take," Prosser says, adding that strong RVOs have created margin for both oilseed crushers and farmers.
"We're selling meal to the local dairies and feed yards, and oil to our renewable fuel customers in California and Wyoming."
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