Midwest pennycress harvest enhances biodiesel diversity

Biodiesel Magazine
By the National Biodiesel Board
May 29, 2012
It's called pennycress because it's shaped like pennies. As Illinois farmer Brad Glenn finishes harvesting it from his farm this week, pennies are exactly what he hopes he will earn from turning this old plant into a new cash crop.

Glenn is an early adopter in the movement to bring pennycress into the corn and soybean rotation as a promising biodiesel feedstock. It has been on the fast track to becoming a sustainable biodiesel resource since 2008, and this year, he's one of a group of entrepreneurs that believes it has hit the right combination. It could mean another viable, sustainable source of oil for our nation's energy supply while adding income to farm operations.

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