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How does camelina compare to other common horse oils such as flax, hemp, etc.? 16 Jan - David Roberts If your horse is always grazing in pasture you can be pretty confident they will be getting enough essential fatty acids to maintain proper health. "Essential" means fatty acids that can't be produced by the body alone and so must be absorbed via food intake.But what if your horse doesn't have consistent access to pasture? Under these circumstances, which are quite common, whether due to climate or other factors your horse may require an omega supplement for their bodies to function...

Why Your Horse is Lacking Omega 3 Fats, What That Means For Your Horse, And What You Should Do About it.   5 Tips to Avoid Winter Weight Loss   There's Never Been a Better Time to Start Supplementing Your Horse's Diet with Camelina Oil. Looking to keep the weight on this winter?Follow these tips, your horse will thank you! 1. Good quality hay makes all the difference Whether indoors or outdoors make sure you have good quality hay for your horse! As winter falls your horse will have less access to pasture and if hay is scarce consider supplementing...

Trish's Thank You: How Camelina Oil Has Helped Her 25+ Horses Live Happier, Healthier Lives 02 Oct - David Roberts Trish reached out to us about the great results she's seen at her facility since beginning to supplement her horses' diets with camelina oil. Sprout Meadows Enterprises Ltd is a full equestrian facility focused on individual feed programs for each of the 25+ horses on the property. They now have all their horses on Smart Earth Camelina Oil for Equine. Read on to hear what Trish has to say about her experience with Smart Earth thus far... The results have...

How Camelina Oil Helped Karen's Mare Turn Her Deteriorating Health Around in Just 5 Weeks 16 Dec - David Roberts I was asked early this spring to try a product called camelina oil I agreed to give it a try. I have a geriatric mare that has been a 3 generation show horse, a 4-H horse a therapeutic riding horse and loved by so many people. Her health has been slowly deteriorating due to her age. Her condition in April was sad to say the least. Before being put on the oil I had her wormed, then vet checked, overall...

Rory's 30 Day Transformation 02 Oct - David Roberts When Lori McCumber brought Rory to L & M Equestrian near Waterloo, Ont., the 5-year-old thoroughbred was a starvation case. But the positive turnaround she has seen in Rory’s overall health in just 30 short days is simply amazing, partly due to adding Camelina oil to the horse’s diet.   Lori has been bringing rescue animals to her boarding and training farm for the past several years, helping them to turn around and then re-homing them. Rory was a real hardship case – extremely undernourished and neglected – so she immediately...

Wondering if you could add Camelina to your crop roatation? Curious to know where camelina fits? Check out this video by Chris Thorson:     Here are a few additional notes from Chris - for you to consider if you're keen to add Camelina to your rotation:   Camelina needs to be seeded on stubble that does not have a Group 2 residual. It can replace lentil acres, flax acres, or canola acres on marginal land. "Camelina will out-produce anything I have grown on poorer soils - just don't expect 50 bu per acre on alkali! It's a low cost...

Here's an email that Chris Thorson, who farms 6,400 acres in Central Saskatchewan, sent this week to some of his friends and neighbours:"It's been a bit of a harvest from hell! The combines were sitting a lot during one of many rain or snow delays. And it seemed like as soon as we got going (usually on a Sunday) another major breakdown happened within a couple hours! It's been a long one and I still have 3000 acres on the ground! That said, my Camelina is in the bin! See below for cost of production breakdown on this years Camelina...

Smart Earth Camelina Corp. has been conventionally breeding innovative lines of the oilseed Camelina since 2005. We are experts in breeding and growing Camelina. We contract with growers across the Canadian prairies to produce our proprietary varieties of non-GMO Camelina. We have expertly bred a uniquely large seed size of Camelina to make it easier for farmers to grow and to harvest this crop, rich in health-promoting Omega3 fatty acids and high in vitamin E. We continue to focus on improving the overall Omega3/Omega6 oil profile of Camelina as well as the overall crop agronomics.Once the Camelina seed is harvested...

If your horse is always grazing in pasture you can be pretty confident they will be getting enough essential fatty acids to maintain proper health. "Essential" means fatty acids that can't be produced by the body alone and so must be absorbed via food intake. Experts agree your horse needs a balance of these fatty acids: Omega3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), and Omega6 linoleic acid (LA) - though the exact ratio hasn't been scientifically established. According to nutrition expert Dr. Juliet M. Getty if your horse is deficient, or improperly balanced in the Omegas, it can experience immune system and hormone...

Research interest in Camelina is gathering steam and genotypes developed by Smart Earth Seeds affiliate Linnaeus Plant Sciences are at the forefront of some of the most recent scientific activity in Europe. An Italian study looked at how our Canadian-developed spring varieties of Camelina responded to being planted in autumn in the more moderate Mediterranean climate. Smart Earth Seeds/Linnaeus Plant Sciences Camelina was sown on six different dates at the experimental farm of Bologna University over two consecutive growing seasons (2015-16 and 2016-17). Three experiments were also carried out in a growth chamber testing various temperatures during the seed filling...

The potential health benefits of adding more Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet has become the focus of a great deal of scientific research. This includes the role of Omega-3s in reducing heart and vascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and the neuropsychiatric pathologies of depression and anxiety, cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases.We have previously pointed to a recent study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland that favourably compares camelina with fish oil in reducing blood cholesterol levels in humans. As well as this important ongoing Finnish work on ALA and Camelina, a team of Egyptian researchers summarized several...

Canada’s climate means horses can’t be grazing on outdoor pastures year-round. Adding Omega-3s to their diets helps to supplement their rations when they’re consuming dried hay instead of fresh grass, says a recent article in Farms.com. “It gives horses’ coats a nice glossy sheen, allows for healthy hair growth, and is good for their skin when they get itchy and dry in the winter from wearing blankets,” says Jenna Tranter of Four Corners Equestrian, who has been working with Linnaeus Plant Sciences Inc. and subsidiary Smart Earth Seeds marketing Camelina oil for the equine marketplace. “This is especially important for...

Omega3 supplements such as camelina can be helpful in reducing allergy-induced skin problems in horses, according to a recent article in The Horse magazine.The story, by equine nutrition consultant Clair Thunes, says "supplemental omega3 fat to your horse might very well help with inflammatory response being experienced due to allergies." Typically horses are fed 15 to 25 grams of camelina as a supplement, Thanes says.Thunes goes on to say that "while a horse’s natural diet of fresh grass is not particularly high in fat (2 to 4%), the fat that’s present is relatively high in omega3 fatty acids (as much...

SASKATOON, SK - The finalists for this year’s ABEX awards have been announced. This is the 35th year for the annual Achievement in Business Excellence Awards. The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the event at TCU Place in Saskatoon. It will be held on October 20th.In the Community Involvement Award category, sponsored by Cogent Chartered Professional Accountants LLP, the finalists are: Lloydminster and District Co-operative Ltd., Crescent Point Energy, Wiegers Financial & Benefits, Affinity Credit Union, Fitness 2J2, and Avana Homes.In the Export Award category, sponsored by Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership, the finalists are: Dutch Industries Ltd.,...