Biofuel research project advances

Western Farm Press

Oct 31, 2008 10:09 AM


Sustainable agriculture practices in the western San Joaquin Valley are advancing through a research partnership featuring a Fresno County grower and scientists from the USDA and California State University, Fresno.


The research team has succeeded in reducing selenium content in West Side soils by growing canola, processing the seed oil to be mixed with diesel fuel and then using the canola meal by-product – with trace elements of selenium – as a supplement for cattle feed.



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