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Bachs there is a wind of change in the air. Lots of focus now moving towards the dual purpose crops (such as Australian Sandalwood) and of course you can also graze under these tree crops after they are established generating additional cash flow from meat/fibre, where weed control would have been a cost previously.

http://www.wisperfs.com/index.php?id=90

One crop that is generating a lot of interest is the Moringa Tree ... a biodiesel crop that generates carbon credits is almost too good to be true. It is an oilseed and has recently been taken up by the Body Shop since the oil in its seeds is full of anti-oxidants ...

The carbon market appears to be a future reality. those companies that tailor carbon sinks to also be dual commodity producers will be preferentionally targeted in the future. When you think of biofuel crops like in the article below the benefits of an offtake of oil out of your carbon sink are obvious ... best of luck

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Biodiesel crops being planted near WA mines

Tuesday, 14/07/2009

Western Australian pastoralists are trialing biodiesel crops in the state's southern rangelands, in the hope of an alternate income stream.

The four-hectare plot of moringa trees was planted at Albion Downs station, near Leinster, in September, and pastoralists have already harvested their first crop.

The large seeds collected will be crushed, to determine if the oil they produce is fit to supply nearby nickel mines.

Pastoralist Doug Brownlie says he's hoping to harvest 1500 litres of fuel per hectare once the trees have reached maturity.

"We are still trialing how much water to put on them and how long we are going to put water on them and fertilising," he says.

"So it could be two or three years down the track till we find out what to do to get the best growth and yield from them, so anything between three and five years really."

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200907/s2625476.htm