b"Darren Greenfield, the senior director of seed operations atmaturity. There are both spring and true winter varieties available. Yield10 Bioscience, shares that camelina can be used as both a coverThe crop is very cold/frost tolerant, shares Mercer in his email.crop and a profit crop.Camelina can be easy to grow, but also to use as a tool to reduce A big interest right now is, of course, biofuel. [Camelina iserosion or help with crop rotation. beneficial] as an alternative oilseed crop outside of the traditionalI've been approached, for example, by potato growers that are food crops that [can be grown] on acres that may not be as suitableinterested in putting the winter camelina in after they've harvested for more traditional canola or soybean production or the otherthe potatoes because they are hoping that it may help them reduce crops that are traditionally used for oil for vegetable. their wind erosion problem. Winter camelina is also one of the Producers are finding different values when it comes to camelinaearliest plants to flower in in the spring. In comparison, when in the field due to its resilience and resistance. winter camelina flowers, some of my colleagues are just seeding What is quite attractive about camelina too is that it showstheir cropsso that's pretty neat. Because you can take it off very resistance to a number of pests and diseases that threaten canolaearly, it helps to spread the workload out for the farmer, and it also production and also mustard, he adds. takes advantage of the earlier moisture in the spring, shares Eynck.While there are clearly a lot of features of the crop that appeal toWhen asked if camelina has the potential for weed control in farmers, there are still some challenges that producers face whenfields, Mercer says camelina is another tool in our toolbox in terms growing this crop.of suitable crop rotation options. It offers various benefits for the We're using some of the most modern breeding techniques outgrower with limited challenges coming into play, making it a lower there, says Greenfield. If you look at camelina as a crop to grow,risk option for producers looking to try something new.one of the main challenges right now is that there is no real overWith new marketing opportunities increasingly available, the top broadleaf weed control. We're working on broad spectrumcamelina is a potentially beneficial crop for farmers and producers herbicide tolerance in the crop to drive grower adoption and acresto use in multiple ways. planted. Yield10 is offering a contract that takes the marketing risk away Aside from the herbicide challenge, camelina can be a profitablefrom the growers at this early stage of development for the crop, crop to produce. Camelina is also versatile because it can be grownsays Greenfield. We guarantee to purchase 100 per cent of what in different seasons and in different temperatures. they produce when using our contract.Camelina has a very short growing season, only 80 to 90 days toThe Yield10 contract provides a sense of security for producers. Mixed FlowGrain DryerSTORAGE. DRYING. HANDLING.The most innovative mixed flow dryer onthe market:Low Maintenance CleaningEnergy Efficient Vacuum CoollingSimple Single-Conveyor UnloadingQuadraTouch Pro (TM) ControlSystem1-306-244-2285sales@canseedequip.comwww.canseedequip.comFall 2023 97"