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In America the renewal of the bio-diesel blending credit has started to put life back into the biodiesel industry. Along with the elevated price of fossil based fuels it’s actually a perfect storm for bio-fuels industry. At the time of writing this content the cost of used cooking oils for biodiesel biofuel production is:

White Grease (cnt/lb) 50.98

Yellow Grease (cnt/lb) 45.00

Tallow (cnt/lb) 49.50

Soybean Oil (cnt/lb) 55.52

These prices indicate the price per pound in cents. To find the correct cost per gallon you want to multiply the cents price by the number of pounds in a gallon.

With the escalating price of feedstock oil exactly what can you do as a biodiesel producer to manage cost? The resolution is simple, grow your own feedstock. We all know Soybean Oil, Corn Oil & Canola Oil are common food crops and compete for space at our dinner tables, but did you know there is an additional option? Camelina Oil. Exactly what is Camelina you ask?

Camelina has long been grown in European countries for thousands of years for cooking oil. It grows fastest in a cool, arid environment and is well-suited to a small grains rotation crop.

The plant grows 1-3 foot tall and produces pale green foliage and tiny plant seeds. Camelina is cold and drought resistant, needs minimal fertilizer and can be harvested with conventional farming equipment. It is broadcast or drilled at the end of fall, winter or spring, and straight
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Camelina is an oilseed crop in various Countries in europe (Austria, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and the USSR) and a feedstock for biodiesel production.

Pure Camelina is cold-pressed
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Although Camelina oil has been used for thousands of years, it is just now getting the notice it deserves for its usage as a biofuels oil resource.

Additionally it is a safer source of omega 3 than fish oils. (Fish oils are at risk of mercury contamination). Pure Camelina oil is better than fish oil.

Camelina is definitely an under-utilized crop and it provides market options for the demanding Biodiesel marketplace. The technique of oil extraction is cold pressing. The additional benefit of using Camelina oil is it’s similarity to soybean oil for cold flow attributes, which is an important factor for cold climate biofuel producers. The seeds contain 29-45% oil and 23-40% protein and are high in omega 3.

Traditional high, water-use crops like cotton, corn and wheat need to have about 30 inches of rainwater
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Therefore the very next time you have a board meeting to go over ever rising cost of biodiesel feedstock oil, advocate farming of Camelina, your board members and investors will most likely be grateful for the suggestion.

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