Eastern Ag Research Center trials nine biodiesel feedstocks including flax, safflower and cambe

In Montana, the Prairie Star ran a profile on a project at Montana State University’s Eastern Ag Research Center that has trialed every oilseed crop that can grow in a five-state area to determine feasibility.

To date, the project has produced biodiesel from flax, canola, sunflower, soybeans, high rusic rapeseed, linoleic and oleic safflower, and camelina. EARC is also trialing crambe. The article also looks at a series of camelina trials by the NDSU Dickinson Research Extension Center in southwestern North Dakota.

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