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The company faces risks related to its reliance on contracts with local and regional farmers for oilseeds, as well as potential fluctuations in the global oilseed market.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
But Kennedy could have been an era-defining leader of the USDA, which regulates school lunches, doles out subsidies for oilseed crops, and sets rules for public-assistance programs including SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
Canola in crosshairs Canada is among the world’s top producers of canola — an oilseed crop that is used to make cooking oil, animal feed and biodiesel fuel — and China has historically been one of its largest customers.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune Asia, 3 Sep. 2024
But before the sustainable possibilities can flourish, farmers need to know if the muscular, intermediate oilseed can actually grow during the region’s notoriously cold winters and mild springs.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
But Kennedy could have been an era-defining leader of the USDA, which regulates school lunches, doles out subsidies for oilseed crops, and sets rules for public-assistance programs including SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2024
Canola in crosshairs Canada is among the world’s top producers of canola — an oilseed crop that is used to make cooking oil, animal feed and biodiesel fuel — and China has historically been one of its largest customers.
—Kristine Gill, Fortune Asia, 3 Sep. 2024
But before the sustainable possibilities can flourish, farmers need to know if the muscular, intermediate oilseed can actually grow during the region’s notoriously cold winters and mild springs.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
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“Oilseed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oilseed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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oilseed
noun
oil·seed
ˈȯi(ə)l-ˌsēd 
: a seed or crop (as flaxseed) grown mainly for the oil obtained from it
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