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New Crop Ready to Produce Biodiesel
Published Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 04:52 AM
Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, is currently being grown throughout the United States and Canada. Once harvested it is being crushed to produce biodiesel by Great Plains – The Camelina Company. So far, Great Plains has produced over 10-million road miles of camelina biodiesel. The company hopes to boost production to 100 million gallons by the year 2012.

Great Plains says camelina offers a sustainable, low-input biofuel feedstock option that does not interfere with food production. Camelina is virtually 100 percent efficient. It can be harvested and crushed for oil and the remaining parts can be used to produce high quality omega-3 rich animal feed, fiberboard and glycerin.

Proponents say Camelina does not take away from land currently being utilized for food production because it has the ability to grow on marginal land utilizing very little moisture. Camelina is also an excellent rotational crop to break the cycle of continuous small grains cropping. Camelina has been shown to enhance the yield of subsequent crops such as wheat by up to 15 percent.

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