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Post Date:
Oct 24 2022
Crop Progress - Monday, October 24, 2022
State
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature
98
92
97
97
Harvested
39
26
35
34
South Dakota
Harvested
32
18
41
26
Minnesota
Harvested
35
25
66
52
Texas
Harvested
90
89
83
77
Kansas
Harvested
43
32
51
38
Colorado
Harvested
27
21
40
43
Crop Conditions - Monday, October 24, 2022
State
Timeframe
Very Poor
Poor
Fair
Good
Excellent
North Dakota
This week
3
8
38
47
4
Last week
1
5
37
49
8
Minnesota
This week
0
0
14
77
9
Last week
0
0
16
72
12
Colorado
This week
11
18
44
26
1
Last week
16
17
46
21
0
SunOpta sells sunflower business
Private equity firm Pacific Avenue Capital Partners has purchased SunOpta Inc.’s sunflower and roasted snacks business for $16 million. The acquisition includes three of SunOpta’s facilities based in Crookston and Breckenridge, Minn., and Grace City, ND, which will now operate as Sunrich Products LLC. The transaction also includes, hybrid seed development activities, a collaborative program with independent sunflower growers, and relationships with an extensive set of customers in the food ingredients, snack food, and birdseed markets. Kent Johnson, general manager of Sunrich, will become Chief Executive Officer. Kent will be joined by the rest of Sunrich’s leadership team and employee base.
Markets
Nearby prices at the crush plants are down 80 cents to unchanged this week. The ADM Enderlin crush plant has rolled out its 2023 new crop cash and Act of God (AOG) contracts. NuSun cash is $25.75 and $25.25 AOG. High oleics are $26.75 cash and $26.25 AOG. Something else to consider is the oil premiums that crush plants pay on sunflower. Sunflower is the only oilseed that pays premiums for oil content above 40%. Considering oil premiums that are offered at the crush plants on oil content above 40% at a rate of 2% price premium for each 1% of oil above 40%; this pushes a contract with 45% oil content gross return 10% higher per cwt. The AOG $25.25 contract increases to $27.80, and the cash $26.75 contract moves up to $29.45. Another week of largely clear weather allowed sunflower harvest progress to advance. About 37% of sunflowers were in the bin as of last week, up from 25% seven days earlier and well ahead of the prior five-year average of 31% for this time of year, the USDA said. In the past week, producers harvested an additional 195,100 acres pushing 2022 harvested acres to about 575,895 acres. A pattern change arrived in the Northern Plains this weekend, which brought a strong system through the region Sunday and Monday with widespread moderate to heavy precipitation, strong winds, falling temperatures, and chances for accumulating snow. All of these factors will delay the remaining harvest.
Call for Papers
Here’s your chance to be a part of the National Sunflower Association’s Research Forum. We are looking for research papers to be presented at the NSA Research Forum, set for January 11-12, 2023, in Fargo, ND. Presentations may be either oral or in the form of a poster. A time will be designated for authors to be with their posters and answer questions. Each oral presentation will be limited to 10-12 minutes with 2-3 minutes allowed for questions. Visit
https://www.sunflowernsa.com/Research/Call-for-Papers-2023-Forum/
if you are interested in presenting a paper. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by
November 23, 2022
.
Grower Report
Bismarck, North Dakota grower Clark Coleman says he is about halfway through harvesting his sunflowers. He took a week off to take care of other things around the farm before winter sets in but is hoping to be done within the next week. He is experiencing yields of 3,100 lbs. per acre. The moisture level in his sunflowers he says are super dry. The overall quality of his sunflowers look really good.
Beyond® Xtra herbicide available in 2023 growing season
BASF has introduced a new weed control option called Beyond Xtra. Beyond and Raptor have always contained the same chemistry. Beyond
®
Xtra herbicide combines Beyond
®
and Raptor
®
herbicides into one do-it-all label. It will be available for all crops labeled for Beyond and Raptor, including sunflowers for the 2023 growing season.
Upcoming Events
January 11-12, 2023 -
NSA Research Forum; Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2023
-
NSA Summer Seminar; Spearfish, SD
Markets at a Glance
Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 24, 2022 ($/CWT)
Deliver
Last Year
Last Week
This Week
Change
2023 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil
Nearby
63.14
66.84
71.87
+5.03
59.15
West Fargo, ND
NuSun
31.90
27.60
27.10
-.50
25.90
West Fargo, ND
High Oleic
32.10
28.00
27.10
-.80
27.15
Enderlin, ND
NuSun
32.05
26.95
26.15
-.80
25.75
Enderlin, ND
High Oleic
32.25
27.95
27.15
-.80
26.75
Lamar, CO
High Oleic
30.50
28.00
28.00
NC
26.50
U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 24, 2022
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. locations)
Last Year
Last Week
This Week
Change
Soybean Oil
81.14
73.34
78.37
+5.03
Cotton Oil (pbsy)
103.14
116.84
121.87
+5.03
Corn Oil
88.00
124.00
124.00
NC
Prices recorded here are believed to be reliable at the time of posting. All prices are subject to change. Contact these facilities for complete market details.
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