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Article originally published by The Prairie Star.

While in Argentina at one of research facilities of Sustainable Oils, LLC, Mike Karst, president of Sustainable Oils, said the company has globally bred and developed many new camelina varieties.

“Looking globally, we have 23 new camelina varieties that we have bred and tested,” Karst said. “We have a research facility here in Argentina and farmers here also grow camelina for us. In fact, this is our planting season right now because camelina is a winter crop in Argentina. It will harvest in October.”

Sustainable Oils is a global camelina seedstock company, part of a vertically-integrated camelina to renewable diesel company.

Its North American headquarters is located in Great Falls, Mont., and all its camelina in North America will go to its parent company’s refinery in California, where it will be processed into renewable diesel…