Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Oil-producing weed harvested at Mapleton

ChicagoTribune.com
Associated Press
7:10 AM CDT, June 13, 2009

MAPLETON, Ill. - The first commercial harvest of a plant once called "stinkweed" took place Friday in a field near the Peoria County town of Mapleton.

The weed in question is now called pennycress. It's a member of the mustard family with seeds that contain 36 percent oil -- twice as much as soybeans.

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