Interest in Peanut Oil Resulting in Supply Issues

Randall Weiseman June 24, 2016 Field Crops, Peanuts

Tyron Spearman

Rising demand from increasingly health conscious consumers in China, coupled with bad weather in key growing regions like Argentina and South Africa, is leaving many European traders scrambling for supplies. Tyron Spearman has more on that story.

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