- Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, is currently being grown throughout the United States and Canada and crushed to produce biodiesel by Great Plains – The Camelina Company. With several crushing partners in North America, Great Plains has produced over 10 million road miles of camelina biodiesel to date, and plans to boost production to 100 million gallons by the year 2012. Camelina offers a solution for reaching this biodiesel production goal by providing a sustainable, low-input biofuel feedstock option that does not interfere with food production. Camelina is virtually 100 percent efficient. It can be harvested and crushed for oil and the remaining parts can be used to produce high quality omega-3 rich animal feed, fiberboard and glycerin.
- Dow AgroSciences LLC announced that it has finalized the acquisition of Dairyland Seed Co., Inc., and Bio-Plant Research. Dow AgroSciences previously announced the agreement to acquire Dairyland Seed and Bio-Plant Research on Aug. 8, 2008.
- Building on momentum from fiscal 2006-2007, MGEX (Minneapolis Grain Exchange or Exchange) ended its fiscal year with new total exchange volume of 1,684,439 contracts traded, a 4 percent increase over the previous year and 3.8 percent increase over the former record year of 2005-2006. Click here for full details.
- New Holland tractor owners working with variable rate planting and spraying equipment now have the convenience of using New Holland’s Precision Land Management IntelliView™ Plus II monitors with two popular third-party variable rate controllers. The IntelliView Plus II monitors also feature a new user interface for New Holland pull-type sprayers and air carts to more easily manage and track field and production data and produce prescription maps.
