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Daily Market News

This is the Sunflower Market News for 5/22/2013.

Click here to view sunflower price averages.

Sunflowers are priced per hundred weight (CWT).

NuSun Prices
*Location*	May	Change	June	Change	New Crop	Change
Fargo ND	22.75	+.05	22.95	+.05	24.00 cash/ 23.00 AOG	+.05
Enderlin ND	22.90	+.10	23.00	+.10	24.00 cash/23.00 AOG	+.10
Goodland KS	24.10	+.10	23.90	+.10	25.95 cash/24.95 AOG	+.10
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.

CBoT
	Trading Range	Nearby Close	Change
Soybean Oil	+.16 to +.29	49.64	+.16
Soybean Meal	+1.90 to +6.80	440.60	+1.90

Market Comments

Burdensome palm oil stocks have weighed on oil values in recent weeks. The tide is turning on this as buyers have stepped in this week and made purchases relieving the price pressure. A slowing down in crushing activity is lending support to soyoil values as well. This is good news for the sunflower market. This week old crop sunflower prices ended the week up 5 to 10 cents at the crushing plants. New crop sunflower prices ended the week up 10 cents. New crop sunflower prices continue to be competitive with other new crop prices and there is still time to take advantage of the market opportunities that sunflowers can offer. Planting options are very critical in a year like this. The good news is that late season planted crops like sunflower can perform well and markets will reward that production. Processors are still offering Act of God contracts and an opportunity to diversify your crop risk this year. The NSA website also has a link to buyers on it for you to contact processors of oils, confections, hullers and bird food to contract 2013 acres. U.S. planting progress will be the key driver for new crop prices next week.

Confection Sunflower Seed Prices as of 5/17/2013
Processor	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	New Crop
CHS Inc.
Grandin, ND	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Hazel, MN	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Erker Trading Company
Fort Morgan, CO	Ask	Ask	Ask	38.00/25.00 *Call for details
Alice, TX	Ask	Ask	Ask	38.00/25.00 *Call for details
Proseed
Karlstad, MN	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
RR Commodities
Colby, KS	35.00/25.00* *Call for details	35.00/25.00* *Call for details	Ask	36.00/25.00* *Call for details
Fargo, ND	32.00* *Call for detail	32.00* *Call for detail	Ask	32.00* *Call for detail
Lubbock, TX	35.00/25.00* *Call for details	35.00/25.00* *Call for details	Ask	36.00/25.00* *Call for details
SunOpta
Breckenridge MN	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Crookston, MN	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Fargo, ND	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
Goodland KS	Ask	Ask	NQ	Ask
Grace City, ND	Ask	Ask	Ask	Ask
(Dollars per 100 Lbs.) Legend # NQ - No Quote # NA - Not Available # Split price (X/Y) is for: X for seeds remaining over a 20/64 and Y for seeds falling through a 20/64 round hole screen 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.