Soybean motor oil

Never-ending quest for producing biofuels. First it was ethanol, made from primarily corn, but also biomass to fuel you are cars and trucks. Canola has been used as jet fuel. And now a company called Biosynthetic Technologies’ claims to have produced high-performing biobased synthetic motor oil, using soybean oil from soybeans grown by U.S. farmers. The product is now on commercial shelves, thanks to a partnership with the United Soybean Board (USB).

Both USB and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have supported the soy-based, drop-in synthetic alternative to petroleum-based motor oil. The biobased alternative is well-suited for high-temperature automotive and industrial applications. Biosynthetic Technologies’ motor oil is also recognized as a USDA Certified Biobased Product in the agency’s BioPreferred Program.

The company will market both 5W-20 and 5W-30 through Amazon.com and direct from their website.

Biosynthetic is also offering farmers a limited-time 20% discount to purchase the synthetic oil. They can use code BioTrialFarm available only at motoroil.biosynthetic.com through January 31.

Jacob Bredsguard Biosynthetic Technologies’