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Sunflower Prices Stable
2/1/10 While most commodity prices fell sharply after the USDA January 12, oil and new crop sunflower prices have remained quite stable. The charts below clearly show the separation of prices since that report was ... (more) |
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Confection Sunflowers in Colorado
1/28/10 Leon Zimbelman watches another load of large stripped confection sunflower being unloaded at his Prospect Valley grain handling facility. He wonders if these seeds will end up in the dugout of the Colorado Rockies’ baseball team or maybe go ... (more) |
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Optimizing Seed Placement
1/22/10 Clint “Boomer” Patterson knows sunflower is a compensating plant. So uniform seed spacing is not quite as critical with ’flowers as it is with corn. But it is, he emphasizes, still ... (more) |
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USDA Production Report Released
1/12/10 USDA has released its annual Crop Production Report for 2009. (more) |
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2009 Crop Survey
1/6/10 The summary of the 2009 sunflower crop survey is on the this site along with detailed maps for each state/province surveyed. You can review the survey results going back to 2002. ... (more) |
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Spraying at Bloom with a Ground Rig
1/22/10 Can you spray for sunflower head insects with a high-clearance ground sprayer? Of course you can, affirm Wayne Drangsholt and Jeremy Huether. You just need sufficient clearance to avoid contact with the blooming plant ... (more) |
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