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Sep. 5, 2023 by Rhonda Brooks, AgWeb.com Syngenta Seeds has entered into an agreement with Sustainable Oils, Inc., to provide farmers in parts of Kansas, Colorado and further west the opportunity to grow camelina, an oilseed-based crop, starting in 2024. Camelina, a type of mustard, is native in countries and regions from Finland to Romania and east to the Ural Mountains in Russia. Today, the oilseed crop can be used as a feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and animal feed production. It has an exceptionally high level (up to 45%) of omega-3 fatty acids. "Camelina represents a key feedstock for the production of renewable fuels and sustainable aviation fuel. It is a remarkable crop that protects like a cover crop and pays like a cash crop," says Mike Karst, president of Sustainable Oils, a subsidiary of Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. Camelina is an ultra-low carbon oilseed crop, according to Eric Boeck, regional director North America for Syngenta Seeds. He says there is insufficient corn and soybean production today to meet current oilseed demand, while, at the same time, consumers are demanding low carbon index products. "You've got these two macro trends coming together today - demand for oil and demand for sustainably produced low carbon products," he says. "Because of the way it grows, camelina has a carbon index of 24, while (traditional) diesel has a carbon index of about 105." Where Camelina Fits Into Growers' Crop Rotation Boeck says there are a number of ways camelina can be incorporated into a farmer's current crop rotation. The crop is particularly well-suited to areas with low water availability in-season and where leaving fields fallow after wheat is a common practice. To read the entire report click here. Tweet |
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