About Cargill and Canola

About Cargill 

Cargill is a 160-year-old family-owned company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We operate in 70 countries around the world including New Zealand.

About Canola 

Australian farmers produce on average between 6-9 million metric tonnes of canola seed each year, producing one of the world’s healthiest vegetable oils - and with it – a great feed ingredient in canola meal.

Cargill is one of the major buyers of canola seed in Australia for both exporting the seed and for crushing at our three crushing facilities, Newcastle, Footscray and Narrabri, making Cargill the largest crusher of oilseed in Australia. Most canola purchased is accredited under the European ISCC sustainability certification scheme, which covers traceability and greenhouse gas criteria. Our plants are also ISCC‑accredited, and ISCC‑certified canola meal can be made available on request.

Canola seed is crushed to produce high‑quality canola oil, which is commonly used in food service and food ingredient applications. The remaining material, canola meal, is used as a high‑quality stock feed that is most commonly incorporated into dairy rations globally.

Canola meal exported to New Zealand is typically processed at Cargill’s crush facility at Newcastle in New South Wales and shipped via the Port of Newcastle. The Newcastle facility is largely powered by renewable energy sourced from an onsite solar array.

Canola meal is distributed in New Zealand by DAHUTI International and is readily available from all major stock feed suppliers.