Sustainable Oils receives FDA approval for camelina as livestock feed; improves biofuel production model

In Montana, Sustainable Oils has received approval from the Center for Veterinary Medicine, a unit within the FDA, for the use of camelina meal in livestock diets. The approval covers use of camelina for up to 2 percent of the total feed ration for feedlot beef cattle and swine.

The approval is the latest in a series of advances  for camelina, which has been touted by groups such as Sustainable Oils and The Camelina Company for its high yields, nutritional profile, and the fact that it can be grown in a wheat-camelina-wheat cycle that improves food productivity, or otherwise cultivated on marginal land. The Camelina Company first received FDA approval for a 2 percent ration in December of last year for Montana, and  in July for  Washington, Oregon, Idaho and California.

The approval of meal, leftover from biodiesel production, will strongly bolster efforts to spread cultivation of camelina for Sustainable Oils beyond its Montana base. Sustainable Oils, a joint venture between Targeted Growth and Green Earth Fuels, was launched in late 2007 and is focused on the research, development and commercialization of camelina for biodiesel production.

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