Great Plains banks on camelina - by Sara Stroud
Montana-based Great Plains Oil and Exploration says it wants more Northwest farmers to start growing camelina, a next-generation biodiesel feedstock. To sweeten the deal, Great Plains is boosting its grower contract prices and offering seed replacement if crops fail to perform.
Camelina sits outside the fuel versus food debate.
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Montana-based Great Plains Oil and Exploration says it wants more Northwest farmers to start growing camelina, a next-generation biodiesel feedstock. To sweeten the deal, Great Plains is boosting its grower contract prices and offering seed replacement if crops fail to perform.
