In South Dakota, camelina and carinata may be one stop closer to becoming economically viable biofuel feedstocks due to extracting a substance called glucosinolate. Researchers from South Dakota State University developed a means of extracting glucosinolate from the oilseed meal, which may lead to high-value uses for the chemical. The presence of glucosinolate limits the […]
In Canada, Canadian-based Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., and biorefinery giant UPM from Helsinki, Finland, signed a long-term supply agreement that will expand the world’s only oilseed crop, developed to produce renewable fuels in South America. Under the deal, the two companies will grow Carinata oilseed crops with third-party farmers in Uruguay and Brazil. Carinata is the […]
In Finland, UPM Biofuels is developing a new feedstock concept by growing Brassica Carinata as a sequential crop in South America. The Carinata crop produces non-edible oil suitable for biofuels’ feedstock and protein for animal feed. The sequential cropping concept enables contract farmers to take agricultural land into use outside the main cultivation period, in […]
The US ethanol industry is working hard on E15 deployment right now — from market deployment to regulatory relief, there’s action on every front aimed at making E15 a widely-available, lower-cost source of octane that can replace mid-grade 89-octane fossil fuels at US pumps. Those fossil fuels generally cost the consumer 10-20 cents per gallon […]
In Canada, Agrisoma Biosciences and Uruguay inked a partnership aimed at introducing a new, renewable, low carbon cash-crop for farmers. The deal gives the Quebec-based company the opportunity to grow its business outside of Canada by planting thousands of new hectares of the Carinata seed in Uruguay. Under this new deal, both parties anticipate significant […]
In Canada, Agrisoma is able to supply European demand for carinata oil as a feedstock for HVO through farmer contracts in the Southeastern US but it doesn’t yet need to scale up to Western Canada, North Dakota or Montana this as demand hasn’t picked up enough. The company is also talking to farmers in Brazil […]
In South Dakota, researchers from South Dakota State University have teamed with counterparts from the University of Florida to develop aviation biofuel from carinata seed for the Navy. The two states have complimentary growing seasons for carinata, allowing it to be grown for fuel nearly all year long. The South Dakota Oilseeds Council says that […]
In Montana, USDA’s Risk Management Agency announced that producers in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota can insure carinata by written agreement under the canola and rapeseed insurance plans. Producers must submit a written agreement request to their insurance company by the March 15 sales closing date. Crop insurance provides protection against a loss in […]
In North Dakota, Agrisoma Biosciences is seeing its first carinata harvest with farmers having 6,000 acres of the crop under contract. So far, about a quarter of the crop has been harvested with an average yield of 30 bushels per acre, a level the company’s agronomist says indicates some great yields mixed with some OK […]
In Washington, the EPA is seeking public comments on its GHG assessment of the production and transport of Brassica carinata oil for advanced biofuels. Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. requested the agency undertake the analysis. Comments are due May 26 and can be submitted online on www.reglations.gov under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0093, or by email, mail or hand […]
