At the crush plants nearby prices were unchanged to up 50 cents 2027 new crop contracts were unchanged. Last week USDA released its latest grain stocks report. USDA pegged old crop sunflower stocks in all positions on September 1, 2026, at 302.7 million pounds, up 45 percent from a year ago. All stocks stored on farms totaled 26.4 million pounds and off-farm stocks totaled 276.4 million pounds. Stocks of oil type sunflower seed are 263.4 million pounds; of this total, 20.9 million pounds are on-farm stocks, and 242.5 million pounds are off-farm stocks. Non-oil sunflower stocks totaled 39.3 million pounds, with 5.4 million pounds stored on the farm and 33.9 million pounds stored off the farm. Stocks of oil type sunflower seed were 54 percent higher than last year. Non-oil stocks were up 2 percent from last year. Both figures were within average industry estimates. Traders were expecting sunflower seed stocks to be up from a year ago but within the five-year average after last year’s larger crop. USDA did not make any adjustments to the previously released March 1 seed stocks report. USDA’s first estimate of 2026 US harvested sunflower acres and total seed production will be released this week. Dry and warm conditions are forecast in the Northern Plains for the rest of this week and much of next week as well. Conditions will be good for maturing sunflowers.
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