Sentences with word «oilseed»

An oilseed is a type of seed that contains oil, which can be extracted and used for various purposes such as cooking, fuel, or making products like soap or cosmetics. Full definition
Produced from a new variety of oilseed rape — the familiar yellow - flowered crop that is the third - largest source of the world's vegetable oil needs — the new oil, -LSB-...]
Because the oil from oilseed crops makes an environmentally friendly biofuel, scientists have been hoping to find a green use for the protein - rich seed meal left after oil extraction.
German river levels lowest in a century Some three - quarters of oilseed rape goes into the country's biodiesel industry — the biggest in the 27 - nation bloc — leaving it critically short of feedstock and either forcing imports or cutting production, with a consequent knock - on effect on the country's and the European Union's efforts to cut climate - changing carbon emissions.
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research are looking at how to turn straw from oilseed rape into biofuel.
In January, the European Food Safety Authority in Parma, Italy, Europe's food - chain risk - assessment body, concluded that three commonly used neonicotinoids — clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam — should not be used where they might end up in crops that attract bees, such as oilseed rape and maize.
Consequently I chose plant biochemistry as my area of study for my PhD, investigating carbon partitioning in oilseed rape embryos at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich.
«Biochemist studies oilseed plants for biofuel, industrial development.»
In addition, Ed has made significant contributions to plant lipid biotechnology and championed the translation of these basic discoveries for oilseed enhancement and crop biofortification.
The new plan will include carbon tax and a cap on oilseeds emissions among other strategies.
The nonmarine sources of omega - 3s are generally in the form of alpha - linolenic acid (ALA), and can be obtained from flaxseed, walnut and other oilseeds such as soybean or canola.
However, despite state authorization to grow hemp, farmers in these states risk raids by federal agents and possible forfeiture of their farms if they plant the crop, due to the failure of federal policy to distinguish oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis (i.e., industrial hemp) from psychoactive drug varieties.
Approximately 90 % of American oilseed production comes from soybeans which the USDA indicates is almost certainly genetically engineered.
Hemp oil, which is also referred to as hempseed oil, is a food - grade vegetable oil that is expeller pressed from low - THC oilseed varieties of the Cannabis plant.
A recent study published in Agronomy Journal provides information important to farmers growing oilseed crops.
Sunflower and other oilseed crops are the source of the vast majority of vegetable oil used for cooking and food processing.
GLAM's Australian agribusiness portfolio includes Riverina Oils & Bio Energy, which is the country's second biggest oilseed crushing and refining operation, and TreeTops Plantations, Australia's largest table olive plantation with 120,000 olive trees.
«Fatty acids from genetically modified oilseed crops could replace fish oil.»
Last week's harvest is the first commercial crop of a genetically engineered oilseed plant.
Elsewhere, Western Europe, with its mild winters and high - yielding winter wheat, might also be able to double crop more with a summer grain, such as corn, or with a winter oilseed crop.
Hemp Germplasm Trials in Canada By Ernest Small, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre and David Marcus, Natural Hemphasis.
Our agricultural contracts include grains and oilseeds like corn, soybeans, and soybean oil as well as other products including livestock, dairy, lumber, coffee, and more.
The Solae Company, an alliance between two global leaders; Dupont, known worldwide for innovative research and technology and Bunge Limited, the leading oilseed processor in North, South and Central America, was formed in April 2003.
Scientific researchers have found that Inca inchi is one of the best oilseeds by its composition and high nutritional profile:
«Accelerated soil erosion is going to affect production of 27 major crops, resulting in a loss of production of 16 per cent, which is roughly about 13.4 million tonnes, with oilseeds accounting for 66 per cent,» Rathore said.
The biggest contributor to this year's high margins was canola, the bright - yellow flowering oilseed crop used to make oil, margarine, animal feed and biofuels.
[7] By 1875 cotton futures were being traded in Bombay in India and within a few years this had expanded to futures on edible oilseeds complex, raw jute and jute goods and bullion.
Canola and camelina also provide oilseed meal by - products, used for livestock feed.
Both are cool - season crops that produce oilseeds.
Hemp's oilseed makes high - grade food and beauty products.
Further tests showed that the activity and function of SOBER1 is not restricted to the weed Arabidopsis thaliana, but also exists in a plant called oilseed rape demonstrating that the findings of Chory's lab could be applied to agricultural crops and biofuel resources.
Timothy Durrett, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, and collaborators at Michigan State University and the University of Nebraska, Lincoln have modified Camelina sativa — a nonfood oilseed crop — and produced the highest levels of modified seed lipids to date.
You might decide to use the Vaderstad Rapid A 600 S to plant Oilseed Radishes on an already - plowed field.
[answer below the fold] Top ten nations for per capita oil seed production (Numbers are Land area under Total Oilseed, hectares, 2003/2004, per person)
Among oilseed crops, sunflowers are one of the most important sources of edible vegetable oil for human consumption worldwide.
More than 500 organic operations, from organic fruit and vegetable growers, grains and oilseed farmers, livestock and poultry producers, dairy farmers, organic processors, and food makers across 45 states, participated in a comprehensive farm bill survey conducted by the Organic Trade Association.
Sacha inchi, a little - known oilseed, has been gaining attention in recent years thanks to its astounding nutritional profile.
Ruchi Soya is the largest edible oilseed extraction and refining company in India, with a 3.72 mtpa capacity.
The Mettrum Originals ™ brand is a result of Mettrum's acquisition of Oilseed Works Inc., which operates under the Hempola brand.
With no sign of grain and oilseed prices falling, farmers have an embarrassment of choices to make in the coming years over what crops to grow.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week cut its projection for corn yields by 12 percent, the latest tidbit to add fodder to concerns that grains and oilseed supplies could be much tighter this year.
Currently, China is our second - largest market for Canadian agricultural exports (e.g. oilseed products and seafood), having quintupled in value since 2006 to reach C$ 5.6 billion in 2014.
Gatineau, Quebec - based Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.'s oilseed biojet fuel is powering the world's first dedicated transpacific flight by Qantas Airways between Australia and the United States.
If the US ever did go to war with the Middle Kingdom, it is unlikely they would supply their enemy with a source of badly needed oilseed.
GLAM owns Riverina Oils and Bio Energy, which operates the country's second - biggest integrated oilseed crushing and refining plant.

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