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SUMMARY:Castor Meeting–OMAFRA GUELPH
DESCRIPTION:Guelph will host a Castor workshop, with the expressed pur
 pose of gauging the interest in the agricultural, research and industr
 ial sectors in the development of an Ontario specific castor strategy.
   Scientists from the University of Windsor, University of Guelph, Tr
 ent, University of Toronto, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food 
 and Rural Affairs and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre will dis
 cuss the prospects and challenges for a research consortium.  Industr
 y will have the chance to drive the end use of these products, and the
  opportunity for agriculture is to be able to supply a potentially val
 uable crop to the chemical industry.Addressing the challenges of casto
 r production, oil extraction and chemical derivatives will be part of 
 this meeting.  Liv Severino from EMBRAPA, Brazil will discuss the imp
 lications of castor in that country, and the opportunities for collabo
 ration with Canadian scientists. American castor researchers from Texa
 s and Mississippi have been invited to video conference into this meet
 ing, with the purpose of extending a North American consortium on cast
 or production.Finally, the market uses of castor will be highlighted, 
 with presentations from engineers and current end users.  This will b
 e followed up by an early economic analysis for Ontario producers.  T
 he opportunity is there, it needs to be critically evaluated, and if i
 t makes sense, a value chain developed.Guelph will host a Castor works
 hop, with the expressed purpose of gauging the interest in the agricul
 tural, research and industrial sectors in the development of an Ontari
 o specific castor strategy.  Scientists from the University of Windso
 r, University of Guelph, Trent, University of Toronto, the Ontario Min
 istry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Vineland Research and
  Innovation Centre will discuss the prospects and challenges for a res
 earch consortium.  Industry will have the chance to drive the end use
  of these products, and the opportunity for agriculture is to be able 
 to supply a potentially valuable crop to the chemical industry.Address
 ing the challenges of castor production, oil extraction and chemical d
 erivatives will be part of this meeting.  Liv Severino from EMBRAPA, 
 Brazil will discuss the implications of castor in that country, and th
 e opportunities for collaboration with Canadian scientists. American c
 astor researchers from Texas and Mississippi have been invited to vide
 o conference into this meeting, with the purpose of extending a North 
 American consortium on castor production.Finally, the market uses of c
 astor will be highlighted, with presentations from engineers and curre
 nt end users.  This will be followed up by an early economic analysis
  for Ontario producers.  The opportunity is there, it needs to be cri
 tically evaluated, and if it makes sense, a value chain developed.\n\n
 For more information visit https://ontag.farms.com/events/castor-meeti
 ngomafra-guelph
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CATEGORIES:castor, meeting
LOCATION:Guelph-Holiday Inn
WEBSITE:http://www.erieinnovation.com/
URL:http://www.erieinnovation.com/
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