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Ag-West Bio approves $300k funding to Smart Earth Seeds

SASKATOON, SK (May 11, 2017) – Ag-West Bio, Saskatchewan’s bioscience industry association, has approved a $300,000 investment in Smart Earth Seeds, a vertically-integrated plant breeding company developing high-omega meal and oil products derived from its proprietary camelina genetics platform.   Camelina offers special promise as a sustainable source of the essential fatty acid ALA (an omega 3 fatty acid) as ...
by David Roberts on May 11, 2017

Camelina Meal Approved as feed for egg-laying hens in Canada

SASKATOON Nov 3, 2016 – Smart Earth Seeds is pleased to announce that Omega-3 boosting Camelina meal has been approved for listing in Schedule 4 of the Feeds Act in Canada as feedstuff for egg-laying hens. Smart Earth Seeds is the leading global Camelina enterprise that has been working to develop Camelina as a novel rotational oilseed crop in Western ...
by David Roberts on November 02, 2016

Camelina Meal Tested in Canadian Dairy Feed Trials

SASKATOON, Sask, JUNE 20, 2016 –  Two experimental trials are underway at the University of Saskatchewan to assess Camelina as a high-value feedstock for dairy animal diets.   Eight Holsteins will consume nearly five tonnes of Camelina meal to see if various inclusions will produce volumes of fine-tasting milk with healthy Omega3-type nutrients.   Rex Newkirk, Chair of Food Processing ...
by David Roberts on June 22, 2016

Crop insurance benefits expanded for Camelina

Establishment Benefit offered to Saskatchewan producers in 2016 SASKATOON, SK (March 3, 2016) – Smart Earth Seeds is pleased to report that Saskatchewan farmers are now entitled to an Establishment Benefit for Camelina under the provincial crop insurance program. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation has included Camelina among crops that qualify for an Establishment Benefit under the 2016 insurance provisions. “An ...
by David Roberts on March 02, 2016

Linnaeus Plant Sciences Joins EU Camelina Consortium – Incorporates Dutch BV

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Linnaeus Plant Sciences Joins EU Consortium – Incorporates Dutch BVAffiliate Smart Earth Seeds expands global Camelina production SASKATOON (April 22) – Linnaeus Plant Sciences, the leading global Camelina enterprise, announces the formation of Linnaeus Plant Sciences BV, headquartered in Wageningen, The Netherlands. This incorporation will allow Linnaeus to join a group of eighteen EU-based partners, of which ...
by David Roberts on April 22, 2015

Camelina Approved for Broiler Chicken Meal in Canada

SASKATOON – Jan. 12, 2015 – Smart Earth Seeds is pleased to announce that Camelina meal has been approved for the first time in Canada for use in broiler chicken feed. Smart Earth Seeds is the leading global Camelina enterprise and has been working to develop Camelina as a valuable new oilseed rotation crop in Western Canada. Thanks to the ...
by David Roberts on January 12, 2015
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