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Highlights from our February 2010 issue:

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Sunflower Briefs
Highlights of interest to those in the industry

January USDA Reports Short on Bullish Market News
But Oilseed Sunflower Losses Smaller Than Those of Corn, Beans or Wheat

Double-Crop Success in the High Plains
Oklahoma and Kansas Growers Like Its Fit on Their Farms

S.E. Kansas Double-Crop Trials: ’08 & ’09 Results
Results from two years of trials at the Kansas State University Southeast Agricultural Research Station at Parsons confirm the viability of double-cropped sunflower in that part of the state.

KSU Double-Crop Sunflower Budget
Newly Revised Cost-Return Projections for Central & Eastern Kansas

S.D. Study Supports Change in RMA Planting Date
Finds Cutoff Could Be Safely Moved Back Five to 10 Days

Another Type of Sun Oil on Horizon
Commercial Production of ‘Nutrisun’ Expected to Begin This Year in U.S.

Rotation Bolsters S.D. Broadleaf Management
Raymond Roghair Relies on an Extended Crop Rotation and Effective Burndown Treatments to Control Broadleaf Weeds

NSA Hits Airwaves at PBS
Cooking Show Featuring Sunflower Products and Recipes to be Distributed Across the Nation

Sunflower Genome Holds Promise of Sustainable Ag
Canadian Update on the Sunflower Genomic Research Effort

What's Available for 2010
Listing of herbicides currently labeled for Sunflower

Weed Supplement
Introductory notes to special Weeds supplement

Storms & Stewardship
Tough Weather & Even Tougher Weeds and Increase Need for Clearfield Stewardship

Good Stewardship Also Key with ExpressSun
Sound Stewardship Should be Top Priority for Planting an ExpressSun® Sunflower Variety

Spartan: The Workhorse Herbicide
Despite Some Early Bumps in the Road, Versatile Broadleaf Product Has Become a Mainstay for Sunflower Producers

Palmer Amaranth Flexing Its Muscle
Aggressive Pigweed Species with Long Germination Window Requires Close Attention in High Plains Sunflower Fields

Other Soil-Incorporated Herbicides Still Needed
Advent of No-till and Conservation Tillage Changed Herbicide Use in Sunflower

Avoiding Crop Injury When Using ‘Assert’
Grower experience and university studies through the years have confirmed the effectiveness of Assert on mustard when applied at the proper stage of sunflower growth and under the right environmental conditions.


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