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Model35mech

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11. The Ukraine war has paralyzed its harvest of sunflower? I'm surprised.
Sun May 1, 2022, 08:03 AM
May 2022

I had no idea that Ukraine grew sunflowers across winter and harvested them in spring.

I would have expected sunflower oil processing/bottling to be disrupted like all industrial activities, but harvest? That surprises me.

I read yesterday that palm oil was in short supply also. riversedge Apr 2022 #1
Hmmm. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #2
Apparently it's a very popular cooking oil in other parts of the Tomconroy May 2022 #3
I use it in cooking as well as homemade lip balm and hand salve. Wonderfully airmid May 2022 #4
I'll admit to being quite befuddled PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #6
You can use olive oil and hemp oil in cooking and lip bam obamanut2012 May 2022 #7
Why not? Spider Jerusalem May 2022 #8
Plant oils have been used in cosmetics for thousands of years blogslug May 2022 #10
I've used only plant based products for skin MerryBlooms May 2022 #14
Very high smoke point, similar to safflower oil. So it's good for... keep_left May 2022 #5
it was the most common cooking oil in the UK muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #9
Quite Common Cooking Oil ProfessorGAC May 2022 #17
Safflower similar? WarGamer May 2022 #20
Pretty Close, Yes ProfessorGAC May 2022 #21
The Ukraine war has paralyzed its harvest of sunflower? I'm surprised. Model35mech May 2022 #11
Unattended crops make for a bad harvest. blogslug May 2022 #12
Maybe, but it literally says the HARVEST WAS INTERRUPTED. Model35mech May 2022 #13
You can't harvest what hasn't been planted muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #15
No kidding Model35mech May 2022 #16
The sunflower oil harvest is interrupted because the silos are being bombed, the oil extractors ... Donkees May 2022 #18
Safflower is a great replacement. WarGamer May 2022 #19
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