Biodiesel plant's canola sources to include ND, Canada

TransMessis Columbia Plateau LLC, the new tenant of the biodiesel production facility in Odessa, Wash., has lined up seed supply for the facility’s planned start-up in December, but the firm continues to scout for additional supply.

“We’re always looking for seed,” Joel Edmonds, president of TransMessis Columbia Plateau, or TCP, told the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) last week.

As reported by OPIS, the Odessa Public Development Authority (OPDA), which is responsible for leasing the facility, announced last week that it had entered into a lease agreement with TCP and that crushing was ex...