Big future for Nuseed's fourth crop

Gregor Heard
July 23 2020 - 8:00am
Nuseed's carinata oilseed is processed by Saipol, Europes largest biodiesel producer, at its plant in Grand Couronne in Normandy in northern France.
Nuseed's carinata oilseed is processed by Saipol, Europes largest biodiesel producer, at its plant in Grand Couronne in Normandy in northern France.

CARINATA, an oilseed crop that is the newest crop in the portfolio of Australian-owned agribusiness Nuseed, has ticked off another important milestone, with Nuseed negotiating an agreement with a major European biofuel business to use the crop as a feedstock.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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