Think Oil, Not Yield, From Your Field

Assuming no yield difference - by selecting the high oil yield variety Komando with its 45.4% oil content over Castille at 42.8% - growers can secure significant financial rewards.

These equate to £384 more per lorry load delivered in terms of oil bonuses; 106 more litres/cooking oil/ha - which across each 50ha field represents cooking oil worth £8,745 on the supermarket shelf.

“That’s enough to replenish oil in a thriving fish and chip shop’s fryer to keep it going for almost a month,” he says