Market and prices of a novel winter crop camelina sativa in Argentina

Also known as false sesame or false flax, Camelina sativa is a winter brassica native to northern Europe, which today is sown throughout the agricultural region, from Salta to La Pampa and the extreme south of Buenos Aires. In the central agricultural region, very good results are obtained in productivity and quality, but especially in the south of Buenos Aires and north of La Pampa. Its grains are used to produce industrial, food and pharmaceutical oil, with Chile being the main buyer today. The optimal sowing date in the central agricultural region extends until the end of June, to be harvested during the end of October and the beginning of November, allowing as a predecessor, practically first-class soybeans and late corn. To know the market and prices of this novel winter alternative, ABC Rural spoke with the agronomist Federico Varela, director of the Chacraservicios firm, the only one in Argentina dedicated to the production, marketing and export of Camelina sativa, although ...