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Oilseeds update: pumpkin seed prices skyrocket

October 13, 2020 at 2:45 PM , Der AUDITOR
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FRANKFURT. Monitoring of the oilseed sector with day-to-day price comparisons.

Speculative buying is fuelling the Chinese pumpkin seed market and sesame seed prices are also higher in India. Meanwhile, the situation in the Eastern European sunflower seed market has eased a little and a lack of demand is putting the blue poppy seed prices in the Czech Republic and Turkey under pressure.

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