An unusual coalition of Hawaiʻi airline executives, farmers and ranchers, and fuel refineries is eyeing a new crop they hope will be almost as big to the islands as sugar was in its heyday.

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 ...

Now, a distinct and semi-new winter crop species, Camelina sativa, is being researched in hopes of allowing more farmers to benefit from the dual-purpose crop. Camelina is gaining a large interest ...

Johnson says the goal is to give growers another possible seed source, and one that doesn’t take away from their crop rotation today. “I think a key point to the camelina is we’re not going ...

Representatives from the Conservation Learning Centre (CLC) south of Prince Albert will present their research on a new ...

The researchers are also looking into what soil amendments can best help this super Camelina sativa best achieve its goals. It’s no panacea for expected nickel demand, but they do project that ...

This Plant Can Power Grids, Planes, Poultry and Cattle. Hawaiʻi Isn’t Sold An unusual coalition of Hawaiʻi airline executives, farmers and ranchers, and fuel refineries is eyeing a new crop ...

An unusual coalition of Hawaiʻi airline executives, farmers and ranchers, and fuel refineries is eyeing a new crop they hope will be almost as big to the islands as sugar was in its heyday.