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Casterra Announces Successful Commercial Field Trials in Brazil, Positioning Castor Oil as a Promising Candidate for Economically Viable Biofuel Feedstock
Casterra Ag Ltd. ("Casterra"), a developer of high-yield castor seed varieties and integrated castor farming solutions, and a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), today announced successful commercial field trials in Brazil, highlighting castor oil as a compelling candidate for economically viable biofuel production. At present, castor oil is widely recognized as a high-value, sustainable feedstock for bio-based industries (lubricants, surface coatings, cosmetics, pharmaceutic
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