Indonesian Palm Oil Ban: a changing situation

This week Will and Ben are joined by James Bolesworth, Managing Director CRM AgriCommodities and John Allen, Managing Partner at Kite to discuss the unexpected news this week of an export ban on palm oil by Indonesia, pushing up the oilseeds markets. Plus our usual milk market report from Chris Walkland. With Indonesia as the largest global exporter of palm oil, James talks us through the fast moving situation, giving some context to the situation and what it means within the wider oilseed picture. James also covers how the markets have been responding to the decision as well as the impact on consumers. James, John and Chris discuss the food vs fuel debate and the interrelationship between energy, food and fertiliser plus the impact of trade restrictions more generally and what lessons we can learn from all this.