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Yield 10 Bioscience is offering:
Offtake production of spring and winter Camelina
Net returns similar to Canola
Dear Growers,
We are responsible for Camelina seed scale-up and commercial contract production, and we are very excited about introducing this crop to growers in the United States and Canada. We are confident that Camelina can be a successful crop for farmers, and we look forward to working with growers to drive adoption of this crop.
Darren Greenfield & DAVIS MCCArthy
Yield10 Seed Operations TEAM
Email: growers@yield10bio.com
Website: www.yield10bio.com
Customer Service: 1 (844) 910-7333
Thank you!
Camelina sativa is an oilseed plant in the Brassicaceae family related to canola or mustard seed. Camelina has been grown for 3000+ years in Europe for food, and more recently has attracted interest as a biofuel feedstock because of its high oil content and low carbon footprint. Camelina is a hearty plant that performs well in drought or low water conditions and is frost tolerant to as low as 14°F(-10 °C). Camelina also has a very short maturity, ranging from 85 to 100 days (3270 GDD).
Due to limited crop herbicide options for broadleaf weeds, growers should select fields with low weed pressure. Care should also be taken for Group 2 herbicide residues in the soil as Camelina can show injury from these chemistries.
Camelina can be planted using a drill or broadcast on the field, no special equipment required. The recommended seeding rate is 5 – 6 pounds per acre, which will be provided with no upfront seed costs. Seed must be planted shallow (¼– ½ inch) with good seed-to-soil contact. Due to Camelina’s frost tolerance it can be planted early to take advantage of spring moisture and cooler temperatures during flowering as well as spreading out grower workloads.
Camelina has lower fertilizer requirements compared to Canola and most other crops, with a recommended dryland fertilizer blend being 40 – N, 20 – P, 10 – K, 10 – S.
Early season weed control can be achieved using the pre-emergent Herbicide EDGETM and grassy weeds can be controlled in crop using Quizalofop herbicides.
At this this time there has been no insect pressures identified as having an economic impact on camelina production. Camelina is naturally resistant to flea beetles.
While Camelina is resistant to most diseases, it is susceptible to Downy Mildew and Sclerotinia.
Camelina has natural pod shatter resistance and can be straight cut using conventional combines. Due to the small seed size care needs to be taken setting the combine to prevent losses. Alfalfa seed settings are a good starting point but always be sure to check combine losses. Target a harvest moisture of 8% or less for best storage.
Hear directly from our growers and discover everything you need to know to begin fitting Camelina into your crop rotation.
The commercialization plan for proprietary, non-commodity Camelina varieties targets 3 markets:
Want to learn more? Download our whitepaper.
Yield10, an agricultural bioscience company, is using its differentiated trait gene discovery platform to develop improved Camelina varieties for the production of proprietary seed products. In this episode, Yield10's management describes the use of Camelina as a cash cover crop to provide revenue to farmers under growers’ contracts where harvested grain will provide oil for the biofuel market.
