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Sunflower Prices Stable
2/1/10 While most commodity prices fell sharply after the USDA January 12, oil and new crop sunflower prices have remained quite stable. The charts below clearly show the separation of prices since that report was ... (more) |
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Confection Sunflowers in Colorado
1/28/10 Leon Zimbelman watches another load of large stripped confection sunflower being unloaded at his Prospect Valley grain handling facility. He wonders if these seeds will end up in the dugout of the Colorado Rockies’ baseball team or maybe go ... (more) |
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Planter Performance & Confection Sunflower
2/3/10 During his oil-type sunflower planter performance presentation at the 2009 NSA Research Forum, University of Nebraska-Scottsbluff agricultural engineer John Smith also provided an update on his 2007 test results with confection sunflower seeds. Those results were initially reported in ... (more) |
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Why Oil SFs Haven’t Rallied; Bullish Factors
1/22/10 The soybean market has continued to trade near the top of its price through the middle of December, as this is being written. Demand for U.S. soybeans and soybean meal has remained exceptionally strong — and for a longer ... (more) |
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Spraying at Bloom with a Ground Rig
1/22/10 Can you spray for sunflower head insects with a high-clearance ground sprayer? Of course you can, affirm Wayne Drangsholt and Jeremy Huether. You just need sufficient clearance to avoid contact with the blooming plant ... (more) |
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2009 Crop Survey
1/6/10 The summary of the 2009 sunflower crop survey is on the this site along with detailed maps for each state/province surveyed. You can review the survey results going back to 2002. ... (more) |
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