Only 6% of soybeans remaining in state. There is more than an adequate supply, even beyond the already announced crushing plant at Casselton, for additional oil-seed crush plant capacity to supply the SAFX plant at Trenton.

 80+% of USA’s production domestic production is not enough to meet domestic consumer demand for food-grade canola oil. As the Pacific Northwest, Southern Great Plains and mid-South increase acreage, more domestic crush plant facilities will be built to supplement several major canola crush plant additions announced in southern Canada, whose announced expanded locations are directly linked to Trenton by rail.

ND Farmers Union are team players and warmly welcome new opportunities for their crops. Led by President Mark Watne, the project has benefited from the insights and input from their members and management. Area farmers frequently shared their enthusiasm for our project and an opportunity for more “value added” processing in our state.