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D-oilcake Dictionary

Oilcake or meal

The protein-rich residue left after oil is pressed from seed, used in animal feed

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Plain meaning
The protein-rich residue left after oil is pressed from seed, used in animal feed
How to use it
If the venture keeps livestock, consider buying oilcake directly from a crusher to cut feed costs.
South African benchmark
About 18% of South African soya is oil; the rest becomes meal for animal feed (Article 8).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M3
Calculate it
T-M3-03 Yield-to-Income Calculator
Library sources
LIB-A008, LIB-A009, LIB-P-Soybean, LIB-P-Sunflower
See also
Crusher, Fishmeal
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.