Search

Sunflower Highlights

Post Date: Feb 10 2025

2025 Research Presentations Available Online

If you were not able to attend this year’s NSA Research Forum, you can still learn about the latest sunflower research. Power Point Presentations of all the reports given at the forum can now be found on the NSA website under the “research” tab. Visit https://www.sunflowernsa.com/Research/Research-Forum-PowerPoint-Presentations-Since-2008/2025/ to see this year’s presentations. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, and Texas A&M presented papers and posters on their work. For a historical look, all the presentations dating back to 2008 are available there as well.

2025 South Dakota Pest Management Guides

SDSU Extension has released the 2025 South Dakota Pest Management Guides. Available for free at https://extension.sdstate.edu/south-dakota-pest-management-guides. The guides provide updated recommendations for controlling weeds, insects, and diseases in sunflower. In addition, Pest Management Guides provide a comprehensive index of what pesticides are labeled for South Dakota fields.

Sunflower Production Conference Video Link Available

If you missed the ‘2025 Getting-it-Right in Sunflower Production,’ video conference you can access it on-line. Topics covered ranged from hybrid data, soil considerations and plant nutrition, updates for blackbird, weed, disease and insect management, and a market update. The program was conducted by North Dakota State University Extension. Recording and resources are available at https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ag-hub/getting-it-right, scroll to the conference video section and click the sunflower meeting link. Each individual talk has its own video clip. Additional publications and resources are available under the sunflower conference.

Markets

Nearby prices are up $1.00 to $1.25 with 2025 new crop contracts up 25 to 50 cents at the crush plants. Markets were rattled early last week at the prospect of a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on goods from China. President Donald Trump later agreed to delay them for one month after the leaders of Canada and Mexico announced moves to ramp up security at their borders averting, at least for now, tariffs that could have driven up prices for U.S. consumers and stalled the countries’ economies. The decision to pause plans to impose new tariffs on Canada and Mexico brought some relief to grain markets. However, the U.S. is going ahead with new 10% tariffs on Chinese goods and the European Union is also in Trump's trade crosshairs. Retaliation from China could cause further pain for U.S. farmers, who were hit hard during the trade war in 2018-19. In addition to trade issues, traders are keeping close tabs on South American soybean production prospects. Brazil's 2024/25 soybean crop is expected to reach a record 174 million metric tons (MMT), according to agribusiness consultancy Celeres, citing favorable weather. The firm's latest estimate was a sharp increase over its previous harvest forecast of 170.8 MMT. USDA currently projects Brazil's crop at 169 MMT. USDA will update its production estimates for Brazil and Argentina this week.

Upcoming North Dakota County Elections

Growers are invited to attend elections in their county for the sunflower representatives to the North Dakota Oilseed Council. Elections are being held in several areas in February. Here’s a list by county: McHenry County: February 11, 12:00 p.m., Anamoose Senior Center, Anamoose Mountrail County: February 12, 9:30 a.m., Mountrail County South Complex, Stanley Bottineau County: February 12, 9:00 a.m., Cobblestone Inn & Suites, Bottineau Nelson County, February 13, 1:30 p.m., Nelson County Courthouse, Lakota Ramsey County: February 13, 10:30 a.m., Knights of Columbus, Devils Lake Cavalier County, February 19, 5:15 p.m., American Legion Hall, Langdon Grand Forks County: February 19, 8:30 a.m., Alerus Center, Ballroom 5, Grand Forks Bowman County: February 19, 1:00 p.m., Bowman County Fairgrounds, 4-Season Pavilion, West Wing, Bowman Morton County: February 19, 5:00 p.m., Morton County Fairgrounds, New Salem Oliver County: February 20, 1:00 p.m., Center Civic Center, Center Sioux County: February 20, 1:00 p.m., Selfridge Senior Citizen Center Selfridge For more information, visit  www.oilseedcouncil.nd.gov

Upcoming Events

June 24-26, 2025 - NSA Summer Seminar; Bismarck, ND

Markets at a Glance

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, February 10, 2025 ($/CWT)   Deliver Last Year Last Week This Week Change 2025 NEW Crop Chicago Oil Nearby 46.90 46.51 45.75 +.76 45.83 West Fargo, ND High Oleic NQ 23.25 24.50 +1.25 23.50 Enderlin, ND High Oleic 13.75 23.00 24.00 +1.00 23.00 Lamar, CO High Oleic 15.70 23.50 24.50 +1.00 24.50

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, February 10, 2025 (dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. locations)   Last Year Last Week This Week Change Soybean Oil 49.90 45.51 44.75 +.76 Cotton Oil (pbsy) 71.90 71.51 70.75 +.76 Corn Oil 61.00 46.00 46.00 NC Prices recorded here are believed to be reliable at the time of posting. Individual companies have the right to correct any errors that may occur. Contact these facilities for complete market details.

NSA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Anyone requesting special accommodation should notify NSA within a reasonable timeframe. NSA will accommodate reasonable requests.