high oil yield rate tung oil oil mill in kenya

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Did price supports stabilize the tung oil industry?
  • While price supports did stabilize the tung oil industry in the United States, they did not solve long-term industry solvency. Because US market prices were high compared with those of the world market, foreign producers, particularly those in South America, shipped tung oil to the United States.
  • Why did the US import tung oil?
  • Because US market prices were high compared with those of the world market, foreign producers, particularly those in South America, shipped tung oil to the United States. The importation of tung oil helped satiate US demand, but it also kept domestic prices low and decreased the profitability of US growers.
  • Can tung oil be used as an industrial commodity?
  • The high reactivity and ease of crosslinking via the conjugated double bond system present in the α-eleostearic acid-rich seed oils continue to present new and exciting opportunities to use tung oil as a valuable industrial commodity.
  • Should tung oil be doubled to 4 tons per acre?
  • If environmental and weather-related impacts could be lessened by genetics or cultivation practices, goals to double the average yields to as much as 4 tons per acre seemed reasonable given the quality of the science and number of researchers who were focused on tung oil.