oilseed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of oilseed
Example Sentences
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The processor of agricultural commodities like oilseeds, corn and wheat on Tuesday posted a profit of $456 million, or 94 cents a share, compared with $567 million, or $1.17 a share, a year earlier.
ADM buys crops and sells them to food companies, governments and other buyers globally while running processing plants that turn oilseeds and grain into vegetable oil, fuel, livestock feed and other products.
China, by far the world’s biggest importer of soybeans, helped turn the oilseed into America’s second most planted crop.
Canada is among the world's top producers of canola, an oilseed crop that is used to make cooking oil, animal meal and biodiesel fuel.
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What’s Next: Banning Chinese UCO would likely benefit oilseed processors, as biofuel producers would be compelled to turn to alternative sources.
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