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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.
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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.
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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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