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Yield10 Bioscience gets USDA approval for its GM camelina

Yield10 Bioscience gets USDA approval for its GM camelina

March 21, 2024 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience announced that USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services has determined that Yield10’s Camelina sativa varieties developed using genetic engineering (modified Camelina) to produce omega-3 fatty acids are not subject to the regulations under 7 CFR part 340, and may be grown and bred in the United States. The global markets for omega-3 fatty […]

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Yield10 Bioscience says camelina responding to herbcides as expected

Yield10 Bioscience says camelina responding to herbcides as expected

February 29, 2024 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience reported that its proprietary varieties of winter Camelina sativa (“Camelina”) in development responded as expected to herbicides in the first field tests conducted in the United States. Yield10 tested winter Camelina engineered with tolerance to glufosinate (“HT”), an herbicide widely used to manage weeds and protect yields in crop rotations in […]

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Cargill awards Forever Green Initiative $2.5M to study winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress

Cargill awards Forever Green Initiative $2.5M to study winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress

February 19, 2024 |

In Minnesota, Cargill has awarded $2.5 million to the Forever Green Initiative at the University of Minnesota to support research into two novel oilseed crops—winter camelina and domesticated winter pennycress—that can produce seed-based oil for low-carbon transportation fuels while also protecting soil, improving water quality, and providing new revenue streams for farmers. Fuel made from […]

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Yield10 Bioscience licenses herbicide tolerant camelina to VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds

Yield10 Bioscience licenses herbicide tolerant camelina to VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds

February 14, 2024 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc. and VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds, LLC announced that Yield10 has granted to VISION a global license to certain proprietary varieties of Camelina sativa (“Camelina”) for the production of feedstock oil for biofuels. By facilitating the large-scale commercial production of herbicide tolerant Camelina, this license agreement is intended to empower farmers to […]

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Yield10 Bioscience to prioritize commercialization of Omega-3 Camelina program

Yield10 Bioscience to prioritize commercialization of Omega-3 Camelina program

February 8, 2024 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience has taken the strategic decision to prioritize in 2024 the execution of activities intended to accelerate and advance the Omega-3 Camelina program toward commercialization. Yield10 also reported that it has completed contra season production in Chile of Omega-3 EPA8 Camelina, which produces the eicosapentaenoic acid (“EPA”) component of the omega-3 oil […]

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VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds and ADAMA team on crop protection solutions for camelina

VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds and ADAMA team on crop protection solutions for camelina

November 7, 2023 |

In North Carolina, VISION Bioenergy Oilseeds (VISION), and Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc. (ADAMA), a global leader in crop protection technology, announced they have entered into a Joint Development Agreement to bring to market a suite of new crop protection solutions for Camelina growers. This partnership will greatly expand labeled crop protection products for […]

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Yield10 Bioscience signs LOI with BioMar Group to commercialize camelina with high omega-3 in aquafeed

Yield10 Bioscience signs LOI with BioMar Group to commercialize camelina with high omega-3 in aquafeed

October 31, 2023 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience, Inc signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with BioMar Group, a global aquafeed producer, to form a partnership to commercialize Camelina engineered to produce omega-3 oil for use as a high-quality supplement to the scarce supply of marine long-chain fatty acids used in aquafeed. Producing omega-3 oil in Camelina represents a […]

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Global Clean Energy Holdings lands $30M USDA pilot to measure and validate camelina

Global Clean Energy Holdings lands $30M USDA pilot to measure and validate camelina

October 27, 2023 |

In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc. was awarded up to $30 million for a large-scale pilot project to measure and validate the advantages of camelina sativa as an ultra-low carbon renewable fuel feedstock in the first round of the USDA grants. Intelinair is one of 17 company and university partners named to this pilot […]

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Yield10 Bioscience makes progress toward enabling weed control for camelina

Yield10 Bioscience makes progress toward enabling weed control for camelina

October 11, 2023 |

In Massachusetts, Yield10 Bioscience announced recent advancements toward enabling weed control for camelina cultivation and supporting grower adoption of the crop for production of low-carbon intensity feedstock oil for the biofuel market. Control of broadleaf weeds is essential for the rapid adoption and success of commercial crops in North America. Yield10 is establishing a leadership […]

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Global Clean Energy Holdings announces record camelina crop

Global Clean Energy Holdings announces record camelina crop

October 4, 2023 |

In California, Global Clean Energy Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiaries Sustainable Oils, Inc. (North America) and Camelina Company (Europe and South America) worked with growers to contract a record 65,000 acres of camelina crop during the 2023 growing season. The total acreage comes from across the globe including the Western U.S., Argentina, France, and […]

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