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D-crusher Dictionary

Crusher

A plant that presses oilseeds into oil and meal

All termsIntroduced in M3Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
A plant that presses oilseeds into oil and meal
How to use it
Name the nearest crusher and its buying terms before planting oilseeds.
South African benchmark
South Africa crushes most of its own soya, keeping oil and meal margins at home (Article 8).
Country notes
Zambia crushes most of its soya at home and exports meal.
Go and read
M3-U1, M3-U2, M3-U3
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A008, LIB-A009, LIB-A010, LIB-P-Soybean, LIB-P-Sunflower
See also
Oilseed, Oilcake or meal
Oilseeds: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedOilseeds: how the business runsSold bytonnes (t) per hectare1Plant2Grow3Harvest4Deliver to crusher5Oil and oilcakeZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Oilseeds Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M3 Oilseeds.