Camelina Sativa: A Multiuse Oil Crop for Biofuel, Omega-3 Cooking Oil, and Protein/Oil Source for Animal Feed

Situation Camelina sativa (camelina, false flax, or Gold of Pleasure) is an under-utilized crop that contains valuable oil, fiber and high quality protein with many potential uses in both nutrition (human and animal) and industrial applications: Camelina has been evaluated for oil production in the US (Robinson, 1987; Putman et al. 1993), but surprisingly, it has not yet emerged as a viable US crop. The Great Northern Growers Cooperative (GNG) is proposing to rapidly scale-up production of this multiple-use crop in the Northern Great Plains and to concurrently develop innovations to efficiently produce omega-3 products for human and animal consumption, as well as producing industrial biofuels and biolubricants Purpose This crop can be economically produced and processed in Montana providing a much needed high value, multi-use crop with relatively low input costs for Montana producers.