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Agrisoma Revving Its Engines as
First Carinata Crush Completed
Saskatoon, SK November 16, 2011 – Agrisoma Biosciences Inc. is one step closer to
realizing its vision of delivering a sustainable and scalable energy feedstock source for
biojet and biodiesel fuel with the harvest of the 2011 Carinata crop. The first crush of
Carinata seed is already complete, with the resultant oil shipped to Honeywell UOP for
processing into biojet fuel.
“This is a thrilling time for Agrisoma as it marks the first pilot-scale production of biofuel
from Carinata,” explains Patrick Crampton, Vice President Business and Product
Development for Agrisoma. “Despite a challenging season, our production sites
performed well, yielding more than enough for full-scale testing of Carinata biojet fuel.
Our certified seed production plans for 2012 commercialization are also on track.”
Growers who seeded Carinata this spring are impressed with the results. Erroll
Simington of Kincaid, Saskatchewan says that his Carinata yielded 10 bu/acre more
than his brown mustard grown in the next field. “The Carinata proved a strong performer,
despite some challenging weather conditions. It yielded better than some mustard crops
that I’ve grown here for many years.”
Carinata delivers returns at both ends of the value chain. For growers, it is a vigorous,
competitive crop uniquely suited to semi-arid production areas. For biofuel
manufacturers, Carinata provides a sustainable source of high quality oil that enables
additional efficiencies from biofuel manufacturing processes.
Growers interested in learning more about Carinata should contact info@agrisoma.com.
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