Tag: camelina

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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Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

Cargill grant supports University of Minnesota effort to develop new crops that produce biofuels

February 10, 2024 |

In Minnesota, the University of Minnesota said that 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. “Winter camelina and pennycress could be truly transformative for farmers, the […]

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