Expanding the Boundaries of Sustainable Agriculture: EarthDaily Partners with Global Clean Energy & Camelina Company to Bring Remote Monitoring and Scalable Advanced Biofuel Feedstock Production to South America
As demand for sustainable fuels and agricultural products surges worldwide, innovative solutions are required to ensure efficiency, energy supply chain resiliency, environmental responsibility, and a compelling, credible business case for the farmers who will produce the feedstocks of tomorrow. That’s why Camelina Company, a subsidiary of Global Clean Energy, is expanding its Earth Observation (EO) monitoring and analytics activities across Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. With camelina adoption having reached a critical mass and having robustly proved out its economic and strategic viability as an intermediate crop, the ability to gather reliable, real-time data and insight has become essential to the crop’s next phase of expansion across international markets. Enter EarthDaily: a leader in Earth Observation and geospatial analytics, delivering the cutting-edge technology that makes large-scale sustainability initiatives actionable, scalable, measurable, and profitable.
Bridging the Data Gap in Sustainable Agriculture
Camelina is a resilient, fast-growing oilseed crop with immense sustainability benefits. It is a cold tolerant intermediate crop, requires minimal inputs, and serves as an ideal cover crop to improve soil health between primary growing cycles. More importantly, it is a vital feedstock for sustainable, in-demand fuels such as renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), contributing to lower carbon emissions in the transportation and aviation industries.
However, as the production of camelina expands to new markets across multiple South American nations, the challenge of accurately and promptly monitoring and analyzing vast, topographically and climatically diverse regions becomes profound. Traditional methods, which rely on in-person ground truth data collection and infrequently updated forecasts are neither scalable nor sufficiently rigorous to provide the value-added guidance and detailed comparative analysis upon which the camelina expansion thesis rests. This is where EarthDaily’s advanced remote sensing technology steps in.
Pairing high-frequency, scientific-quality imaging across both visible and infrared spectra with decades of experience at the leading edge of agricultural Earth Observation and analytics, EarthDaily enables Camelina Company and its key partners to monitor crop conditions remotely, on a global basis, and at unlimited scale. This ensures that all production fields can be constantly monitored, demonstrated to maintain consistent compliance with critical sustainability certification requirements, and guided in the optimization of field-level interventions, post-harvest logistics, and ultimate processing into meal and oil.
How Remote Sensing Powers Sustainable Agriculture
With EarthDaily’s geospatial analytics, farmers and agribusinesses gain access to real-time insights that make sustainability not just a goal, but an operational advantage. By leveraging satellite-based intelligence, Camelina Company can:
• Track crop growth stages, including emergence, bolting, flowering, peak growth, and senescence.
• Monitor crop health trends, identifying areas that need intervention before issues escalate.
• Optimize agronomic operations, such as herbicide, fertilization, and desiccant applications, ensuring they are timed precisely for maximum effectiveness.
• Assess yield expectations, breaking down potential outputs per variety and region.
• Evaluate climate risks, including hydric stress, chemical carryover risks from previous seasons, and extreme temperature fluctuations.
• Utilize a consistent quantitative framework to illuminate the supportive economic case underlying the adoption of camelina vs. alternative cover crops and strategies.
This level of precision enables Camelina Company to provide vital data to its partners and farmers throughout the growing season, ensuring timely interventions, better resource management, optimized field-level yields, and the ability to make investment decisions with confidence rooted in hard, clear data.
Applications of Camelina Oil
• Biofuels: Camelina oil is a promising feedstock for renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), which are crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the surface and air transport sectors.
• Animal Feed: The meal left after oil extraction is a valuable protein source for animal feed.
Types of Information Provided
The expansion of camelina cultivation is closely tied to the growing demand for sustainable oils, particularly for advanced biofuels. Here’s a breakdown of key points:
Camelina is a Resilient Intermediate Crop
• Camelina germinates at low temps and seedlings are frost tolerant.
• Camelina performs in drought and is very water efficient.
• Pests avoid it more than other oilseeds.
• Camelina demonstrates excellent nutrient use efficiency.
Camelina is a Zero Waste Crop
• Camelina biomass increases the soil’s organic matter.
• Camelina grain contains oil used to create ultra-low carbon renewable fuels.
• Camelina meal, a high protein raw material, and hulls are used for animal feed.
Camelina: A Game-Changer for Sustainable Fuels
Beyond its role in agriculture and as a source of supplemental income to farmers, camelina represents a critical innovation in the renewable energy sector. The oil extracted from camelina seeds is used to produce renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), essential in the transition to lower-carbon transportation solutions. Meanwhile, camelina meal serves as a high-quality protein source for animal feed, creating a circular economy where every part of the plant is utilized.
As a cover crop, and unlike food and feed biofuel feedstocks, camelina does not compete with food production, making it a responsible choice for both farmers and the environment. By enabling large-scale, data-driven cultivation of camelina, EarthDaily and Camelina Company are driving the adoption of advanced fuels while promoting sustainable, regenerative agricultural practices worldwide.
The Future of Agricultural Monitoring: Scaling Insights with AI
EarthDaily’s capabilities are set to reach new heights with the upcoming launch of the EarthDaily Constellation, a 10-satellite system designed to provide daily multispectral coverage of the world’s landmasses. Unlike traditional ‘point-and-shoot’ imagery, this AI-ready system will offer unparalleled insights, transforming the way we monitor and manage agricultural sustainability on a global scale.
With this partnership, EarthDaily is not just supporting Camelina Company and Global Clean Energy—it is helping shape the future of precision agriculture, renewable energy, and environmental stewardship.
Want to Learn More?
Discover how EarthDaily’s geospatial intelligence is driving the next wave of agricultural innovation here. To learn more about Camelina Company visit them here.
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