ADM opens Canola based biodiesel plant in SD

From Feedstuffs: The Weekly Newspaper for Agribusiness -

Archer Daniels Midland Co. celebrated the official opening of its first wholly owned canola biodiesel plant in the U.S. The facility in Velva, N.D., U.S. will produce 85 million gallons of biodiesel per year and will use canola oil as its primary feedstock. ADM first announced plans for the facility in October 2005. It will use the equivalent of 100% of the state's top 10 canola-producing counties or about 600,000 acres.

From Biodiesel Magazine:

North Dakota officials helped Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) officially mark the opening of the company’s first wholly owned biodiesel production facility in the United States at Velva Oct. 10. The 85 MMgy biodiesel plant, located next to ADM’s existing canola seed crushing facility, was completed on time and within budget, starting operations shortly before the ribbon cutting ceremony. Construction on the Velva biodiesel facility began April 26, 2006. It will use approximately 750,000 metric tons of canola oil each year, the production from about 1 million acres of canola crops.

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