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Oilseed
processors on a roll
Suppliers seeing demand for larger facilities with efficient, high oil yields
by Susan Reidy
W
ith growing demand from the feed, food and
fuel industries for vegetable oil and meal,
oilseed processors are powering ahead with
production expansion and improved efficiency.
High demand and high prices are fueling interest
in construction of new processing facilities as well as
capacity expansion at existing facilities. Suppliers of
oilseed processing equipment are improving their technology
to provide more automated and efficient facilities
that produce high oil yields and quality meal.
Oilseeds, which include canola, soybeans, sunflower,
cottonseed, flaxseed, peanut, palm and coconut, can be
processed in a variety of ways, including the use of solvent
extraction and mechanical extraction. Processing
results in oil for human consumption, biodiesel/fuel
production and meal, which is used as high protein
livestock and poultry feed.
Processing and extraction processes are designed to
produce high-quality oil, with high-extraction yields
along with high-value meal. A wide range of equipment
is used in the processing, from scalpers, screeners
and destoners to dryers, dehullers, cracking mills and
flaking mills.
Worldwide, oilseed crushing accounts for 90% of total
usage, according to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD)-Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) Agricultural Outlook.
Demand for crush is expected to increase faster than
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demand for other uses, including direct food consumption
of soybeans (including for meat and dairy replacements)
as well as direct feeding of soybeans.
Strong demand for oilseeds and oilseed products
pushed prices higher in 2021 and 2022, and OECDFAO
said demand will continue to grow over the next
10 years. Consumption of vegetable oils is expected to
reach 249 million tonnes by 2031 with food use accounting
for 66% of that total.
Protein meal output is projected to increase 1.1%
globally, reaching 410 million tonnes by 2031, OECDFAO
said. It is dominated by soybean meal, which accounts
for more than two-thirds of total production.
Utilization of protein meal will be constrained by
slower growth in global poultry and livestock production,
it said.
World Grain interviewed suppliers of oilseed processing
equipment about the trends they are seeing in
the industry, including equipment requirements and
market demands.
Oilseed trends
The feed sector accounts for a large share of the protein
use from oilseeds, while human food in the forms of
concentrates and isolates still account for a very small
share, said Christian Ziemann, head of market segment
oilseed processing for Uzwil, Switzerland-based
Bühler. In the very long term, there will be a higher
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