Sunflower Highlights

Post Date: Oct 30 2023

Crop Progress - Monday, October 30, 2023

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	38	24	59	47
South Dakota
Harvested	34	23	56	37
Minnesota
Harvested	74	63	52	64
Colorado
Harvested	74	60	38	56
Kansas
Harvested	74	70	62	56
Texas
Harvested	95	92	93	84

Seed Quality - Monday, October 30, 2023

High Plains	2023	2022	Northern Plains	2023	2022
Oil Content	43.9%	40.6%	Oil Content	45.1%	45.2%
Foreign Material	3.5%	5.6%	Foreign Material	3.4%	4.6%
Moisture	6.2%	7.1%	Moisture	9.1%	9.3%
Test Weight	30.7 lbs.	29.4 lbs.	Test Weight	31.5 lbs.	31.0 lbs.

Registration is now open for the 2024 NSA Research Forum, scheduled for January 10-11, 2024 at the Holiday Inn (3803 13^th Ave. S, Fargo, ND) Visit 2024 NSA Research Forum (sunflowernsa.com) to register for the Forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well.

October/November issue of The Sunflower now available

The October/November 2023 issue of The Sunflower has been mailed and is also ready to read on our website at The Sunflower Magazine (sunflowernsa.com) This issue includes a look at wild sunflower collections in the past fifty years, National Sunflower Day, a list of the NSA’s 2024 research priorities and more.

Markets

Nearby prices at the crush plants were down 30 to unchanged this week. Rain/snow events last week in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota tamped the brakes on harvest progress for a few days. Sunflower harvest progress did pick up ahead of the storm arriving and advanced 12% to 42% complete for the week ending October 29. In the past week, producers harvested an additional 143,210 acres pushing 2023 harvested acres to about 505,700 acres. Harvest progress is 2% behind the five-year average and 14% behind last year at this same time. Harvest progress is expected to be slow this week as it may take a while for fields to dry out in the Dakotas and Minnesota from the past week's heavy rain and snow to allow equipment back into the fields to continue harvesting. This week the USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expected to announce Harvest Prices for 2023 revenue insurance policies for sunflowers. The harvest price has fallen to where a yield loss or a combination of yield and price could lead to a crop insurance payment this year for some producers. The expected harvest price per pound for oil-type sunflowers should be around 28 cents with confection sunflowers at 30 cents. Spring prices were 30.5 cents for oils and 32.6 cents for confections. It is best to check with your crop insurance agent to see if you are entitled to an indemnity check on this year’s sunflower crop.

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