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Nearby prices at the crush plants were mixed at down 75 cents to unchanged this week. 2023 new crop prices were unchanged. About 25% of sunflowers were in the bin as of last week, up from 11% seven days earlier and slightly above the five-year average for this time of year. In the past week, producers harvested an additional 207,255 acres pushing 2022 harvested acres to about 380,795 acres. Harvest progress remains slightly behind last year at this same time. Last week USDA pegged 2022 sunflower production at 2.91 billion pounds, up 53 percent from the revised 2021 production of 1.91 billion pounds. USDA added 2.3 million pounds to 2021 oil sunflower production but left non-oil type production unchanged from last year. Acreage updates were made in several states. Area planted, at 1.69 million acres, is up 1 percent from the June estimate and up 31 percent from last year. Sunflower growers expect to harvest 1.63 million acres, up 2 percent from the June forecast and up 31 percent from 2021. The overall average yield for all sunflower types is forecast, at 1,782 pounds per acre. This is 253 pounds higher than last year’s yield, if realized. The forecasted production in North Dakota would make it the leading sunflower producing state this year, at 1.3 billion pounds, up 70 percent from 2021. In South Dakota, production is forecast at 1.2 billion pounds up 47 percent from last year.
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