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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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Why Oil SFs Haven’t Rallied; Bullish Factors
1/22/10 The soybean market has continued to trade near the top of its price through the middle of December, as this is being written. Demand for U.S. soybeans and soybean meal has remained exceptionally strong — and for a longer ... (more) |
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Thwarting the Stem Weevil
1/22/10 Anyone who’s ever had to spray for sunflower insects like the seed weevil, stem weevil, banded moth, sunflower head moth or sunflower beetle probably knows the significance of December 31, 2009. ... (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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