New Canola on the way?

[TOM4CWB]

"Arcadia Biosciences has conducted field trials in five growing seasons. In each field trial, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) canola demonstrated that it can achieve high yields using significantly less nitrogen fertilizer than conventional varieties. In the chart above, note that NUE canola yielded 2800 lb/ac using two-thirds less nitrogen fertilizer than the conventional variety needed to generate the same yield."

[TOM4CWB]

About Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

Based in Davis, Calif., with additional facilities in Seattle, Wash. and Phoenix, Ariz., Arcadia Biosciences is an agricultural technology company focused on developing technologies and products that improve the environment and enhance human health. For more information visit www.arcadiabio.com.

[furrowtickler]

Nice find there old boy!!

[mcfarms]

lets see .66 less nitrogen NH3@700 approx .82 n 38.8 cents /lb actual . Lets use 100 lbs of n an acre for ease of calculation reduce fert to 33 lbs leaving 67 lbs times 38.8 =

In other news today Arcadia biosciences has announced a TUA fee of 30 dollars an acre on their new technology. ( Cynical? me?)

[mcfarms]

ps good find Thomas

[grgsrvc]

Wonder how they are doing it? Legume style? or some other way of
using N that is around us?

[checking]

Not cynical at all, mc. Cynical is where a company has determined, and convinced the public that nitrogen application is evil. It will need to be increased in price by three times to make up for the 2/3rds decrease in use, along with the $30 TUA.

And this helps us how? Oh right!, a thinner wallet with more production. Just what is needed.

[agstar77]

Now if they could have canola that could do the backstroke!!

[haveapulse]

...or the laundry.

Do you see a timeline for commercialization, Tom?

[jensend]

let me guess - the seed will be priced at a premium that will just about cover the savings on nitrogen!

[freewheat]

AHHHH, the continuance for the effort to produce more more more. So we'll save 20 bucks on nitrogen, spend 15 more on seed, and we'll produce 20 million tonnes a year worth 3 dollars a bushel less than it is now. Sounds excellent.

Where the he#$ is That Ken gowdy when we need him?

[SASKFARMER3]

Good find but didn't a guy at edmonton have similar results a few years ago. I agree with furrow they will give us just enough rope so we won't hang us. Or bayer and monsanto will buy and then really screw us. Once we let go of seed rights were pouched.

[Hopperbin]

If it takes off canola acres would most likely sky rocket leaving even more stocks, hopefully more use, hopefully not to low a price, best part is we can screw the N manufacturers here. How do we keep this company out the hands of Monsanto or Bayer??? Can we not band together and buy this company???? Think about the possibilities and advantages this can create and competition. We could even sell patent rights to Monsanto and Bayer or tell them to screw themselves of course we would make our technology so expensive they would not make much profit.

[dave4441]

If this is proven, how about the Canadian Canola assocaitions buy the tech for Canada, and let them sell it to US buyers/globally. Creates an advantage for us (let seed companies integrate it into their varities for free use/not real sure about how this is done) and let other countries charge for it.

[furrowtickler]

Good idea Dave, that is about the only way we will ever see a real benifit from this kind of canola tec.