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Sunflower Highlights

12/7/2020 12:00:00 AM

NSA Board of Directors elects officers

Lance Hourigan

Lemmon, SD producer Lance Hourigan is the new NSA Board President. Hourigan was elected at last week’s board meeting, held virtually on December 3-4. Hourigan will replace Bismarck, ND producer Clark Coleman as president. Coleman will now serve as NSA Board Chairman. Brighton, CO producer Tom Kirkmeyer was elected first vice president and Chuck Todd, producer from Onida, SD was elected second vice president. John Zietz of Cargill will continue as NSA Secretary-Treasurer.

Deadline approaching for USDA program for farmers and ranchers impacted by COVID-19

farmers.gov/cfap. Customers seeking one-on-one support with the CFAP 2 application process can call 877-508-8364 to speak directly with a USDA employee ready to offer general assistance. Click here for more information about CFAP 2.

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Former NSA President Milt Lakness passes away

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	39.4%	39.7%
Foreign Material	6.6%	6.8%
Moisture	7.3%	6.8%
Test Weight	28.7 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	43.5%	42.6%
Foreign Material	4.0%	6.0%
Moisture	9.4%	11.7%
Test Weight	29.8 lbs	29.3 lbs

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Virtual Research Forum

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Oil World. Given the location of the crop losses, this bears watching as international trade would assume much of the impact and could open some market opportunities. Overall price direction will be determined by export demand news and South American oilseed production prospects in the near term. USDA will release its supply and demand report this week. Traders are anticipating that any significant changes to production, stocks and usage will come in the January report.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, December 7, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.36	37.88	38.87	+.99	36.10
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.60	18.75	18.95	+.20	18.75
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	19.00	18.65	18.85	+.20	18.90
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.60	18.60	18.75	+.15	18.85
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	19.00	18.60	18.75	+.15	19.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	18.10	18.18	18.25	+.10	18.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.85	19.15	19.25	+.10	19.75

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, December 7, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.49	39.13	40.12	+.99
Cotton Oil (psby)	38.59	55.70	55.03	-.67
Corn Oil	31.00	69.00	69.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/30/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 30, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	98	95	48	85
South Dakota
Harvested	96	89	68	88
Colorado
Harvested	100	100	98	96
Kansas
Harvested	98	95	96	93
Texas
Harvested	100	95	94	91

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	39.4%	39.7%
Foreign Material	6.6%	6.8%
Moisture	7.3%	6.8%
Test Weight	28.7 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	43.5%	42.6%
Foreign Material	4.4%	6.1%
Moisture	8.9%	11.7%
Test Weight	29.5 lbs	31.5 lbs

NSA Board of Directors to meet this week

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/23/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 23, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	95	93	39	79
South Dakota
Harvested	89	81	57	82
Colorado
Harvested	100	99	96	90
Kansas
Harvested	95	91	93	88
Texas
Harvested	95	92	89	88

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	39.4%	39.7%
Foreign Material	6.6%	6.8%
Moisture	7.3%	6.8%
Test Weight	28.7 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	43.8%	43.3%
Foreign Material	4.3%	5.3%
Moisture	9.6%	11.9%
Test Weight	29.8 lbs	29.7 lbs

USDA to collect 2020 crop production and stocks data

Crop Production Annual Summary and the quarterly Grain Stocks report, both to be released on January 12. These and all NASS reports are available online by clicking here.

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Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Virtual Research Forum

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 23, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.44	37.43	38.55	+1.12	35.12
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.20	18.45	18.60	+.15	18.80
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.60	18.40	18.55	+.15	18.95
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.20	18.40	18.60	+.20	18.75
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.60	18.40	18.60	+.20	19.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.50	18.15	0.25	+.10	18.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.50	19.15	19.25	+.10	19.75

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 23, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.34	38.18	39.30	+1.12
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.44	54.43	55.55	+1.12
Corn Oil	29.00	63.00	63.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 16, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	93	85	33	73
South Dakota
Harvested	81	74	48	75
Minnesota
Harvested	100	100	69	95
Colorado
Harvested	99	94	90	83
Kansas
Harvested	91	79	89	80
Texas
Harvested	92	88	86	86

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	40.2%	39.6%
Foreign Material	5.8%	7.1%
Moisture	8.0%	6.7%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	28.3 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	43.7%	42.6%
Foreign Material	3.5%	6.1%
Moisture	9.7%	11.7%
Test Weight	30.1 lbs	31.5 lbs

Grower report

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/9/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 9, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	85	69	29	66
South Dakota
Harvested	74	50	42	77
Minnesota
Harvested	100	97	50	89
Colorado
Harvested	94	90	82	75
Kansas
Harvested	79	68	76	67
Texas
Harvested	88	86	84	83

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	40.2%	40.8%
Foreign Material	5.8%	5.5%
Moisture	8.0%	6.6%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	29.1 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	44.5%	42.8%
Foreign Material	3.6%	5.8%
Moisture	10.2%	11.2%
Test Weight	30.6 lbs	29.3 lbs

Red River Commodities launches SunteinTM Sunflower Protein Flour

TM, a partially defatted flour boasting an impressive 49% protein value. Made from 100% edible sunflower kernels, this innovative ingredient is non-GMO and top 8 allergen free. Suntein^TM has a mild flavor that is suitable for a wide variety of applications including bakery, confectionary, snack food, plant-based meat, seafood and dairy applications. For more information or samples, email the Suntein^TM team at suntein@redriv.com or by phone at 701-277-3531.

Call for papers

click here to submit your application on our website. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 13, 2020. If you plan to attend, registration is now open on our website.

Register now for the 2021 NSA Research Forum

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Grower report

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Virtual Research Forum

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Oil World, global sunflower production for 2020/21 is forecast down 4.8 million metric tons (MMT) to 51.0 MMT from last year’s total and represents a three-year low. Drought-related yield reductions in the Black Sea region and area reduction for Argentina are mostly responsible for the decrease. Given the location of the crop losses, this bears watching as international trade would assume much of the impact and could open some market opportunities. In the near term, US harvest progress, yield and crop quality will continue to be key to prices going forward.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 9, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.42	33.19	35.48	+2.29	33.91
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.10	17.65	18.15	+.50	18.30
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.50	17.75	18.05	+.30	18.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.10	17.65	18.10	+.45	18.35
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.50	17.65	18.10	+.45	18.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.10	17.65	18.00	+.35	18.50
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.30	18.65	19.00	+.35	19.50

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 9, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.53	33.94	35.98	+2.04
Cotton Oil (psby)	38.42	48.19	52.48	+4.29
Corn Oil	29.00	63.00	63.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 2, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	69	58	21	54
South Dakota
Harvested	50	39	23	52
Minnesota
Harvested	97	95	37	82
Colorado
Harvested	90	79	76	60
Kansas
Harvested	68	59	57	52
Texas
Harvested	NA	83	83	81

Seed Quality

High Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	40.2%	40.8%
Foreign Material	5.8%	5.5%
Moisture	8.0%	6.6%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	29.1 lbs
Northern Plains	2020	2019
Oil Content	44.5%	44.6%
Foreign Material	3.8%	4.5%
Moisture	10.3%	11.5%
Test Weight	30.3 lbs	30.7 lbs

Register now for the 2021 NSA Research Forum

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Call for papers

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 26, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	58	44	10	37
South Dakota
Harvested	39	26	10	36
Minnesota
Harvested	95	77	15	58
Colorado
Harvested	79	68	67	44
Kansas
Harvested	59	38	38	36
Texas
Harvested	83	78	79	74

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 26, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	10	32	51	6

David Blue appointed general manager of Proseed, Inc

2020 Ag Horizons conference canceled

Here’s your chance to be a part of the National Sunflower Association’s Research Forum. We’re looking for research papers to be presented at the Forum, which will be held virtually via Zoom on January 13-14, 2021. Presentations may be either oral or in the form of a poster. A time will be designated for authors to present their posters and answer questions. Each oral presentation will be limited to 10-12 minutes with 2-3 minutes allowed for questions. If you are interested in presenting at the Forum, submit your application here. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 13, 2020. If you plan to attend, registration will be open on our website soon.

October/November issue of The Sunflower now available

The Sunflower has been mailed. You can also read the entire issue on our website; just click here. This issue includes an interview with the 2020 Curtis Stern scholarship winner, a look back at the late Max Dietrich’s career, a list of the NSA’s 2021 research priorities and more.

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Virtual Research Forum

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 26, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.78	32.53	34.46	+1.93	32.70
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.30	17.50	17.65	+.15	18.05
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.55	17.50	17.75	+.25	18.05
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.10	17.35	17.50	+.15	17.95
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.40	17.55	17.70	+.15	18.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.10	17.60	17.70	+.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.30	18.60	18.70	+.10	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 26, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.38	32.78	34.96	+2.18
Cotton Oil (psby)	39.78	47.53	49.46	+1.93
Corn Oil	29.00	63.00	65.00	+2.00

Sunflower Highlights

10/19/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 19, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	95	89	84	94
Harvested	44	24	5	22
South Dakota
Harvested	26	19	4	22
Minnesota
Harvested	77	41	1	39
Colorado
Harvested	68	39	51	28
Kansas
Harvested	38	22	24	22
Texas
Harvested	NA	73	76	73

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 19, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	33	13	32	48	4
Colorado	11	21	53	15	0

NSA receives specialty crop grants

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/13/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, October 13, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	89	80	66	86
Harvested	24	16	3	10
South Dakota
Harvested	19	6	---	9
Minnesota
Harvested	41	24	0	25
Colorado
Harvested	39	13	32	12
Kansas
Harvested	22	4	14	10
Texas
Harvested	73	70	72	67

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, October 13, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	3	14	31	49	3
Minnesota	3	3	17	70	7
Colorado	1	10	77	12	0

Grower report

Reduce the risk of combine fires

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Call for papers

click here to submit your application on our website. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 13, 2020. If you plan to attend, registration will be open on our website soon.

Syngenta acquires Italian biological company

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Virtual Research Forum

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, October 13, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.90	32.81	33.72	+.91	32.87
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.55	16.90	17.45	+.55	NQ
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.80	17.05	17.45	+.40	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.50	16.95	17.35	+.40	17.85
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.70	17.15	17.55	+.40	18.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.95	17.40	17.55	+.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.20	18.40	18.55	+.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.64	32.81	33.84	+1.06
Cotton Oil (psby)	39.00	47.81	48.62	+.81
Corn Oil	30.00	65.00	65.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/5/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 5, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	94	87	84	93
Mature	80	47	48	73
Harvested	16	6	---	5
South Dakota
Harvested	6	2	---	3
Minnesota
Harvested	24	7	0	14
Texas
Harvested	NA	64	71	66

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 5, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	3	12	31	49	5
Minnesota	3	4	14	72	7
Colorado	3	15	72	10	0

Grower report

Call for papers

click here. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 13, 2020. If you plan to attend, registration will be open on our website soon.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

9/28/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 28, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	95	93	93	---
Bracts Yellow	87	79	72	85
Mature	62	47	31	56
Harvested	6	---	2	---
South Dakota
Harvested	2	---	---	1
Minnesota
Harvested	7	1	0	5
Texas
Harvested	64	59	68	60

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 28, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	5	12	32	46	5
Minnesota	3	4	17	69	7
Colorado	8	24	48	19	1

Advanced Sunflower named SBA Small Business Exporter of the Year

Are your bins ready?

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Deadline approaching for Research Grant Applications

click here. Grant applications are due by October 6, 2020.

Canadian sunflower production projected higher

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Sunflower is the only oilseed that pays premiums for oil content above 40%. Considering oil premiums that are offered at the crush plants on oil content above 40% at a rate of 2% price premium for each 1% of oil above 40%; this pushes a contract with 45% oil content gross return 10% higher per cwt. The $17.75 contract increases to $19.50 and the cash $18.00 contract moves up to $19.80. Nearby prices at the crush plants are unchanged. The sunflower crop continues to mature at a rapid rate. The weather forecast for the next two weeks is predicting drier than normal moisture conditions in the sunflower growing region. This bodes well for crop dry down and an earlier than normal start to harvest. Harvest has started in North Dakota and could be just days away in some South Dakota locations. Harvest continues to move along in Texas and is ahead of the five-year average. Trading in the week ahead will focus on the USDA Grain Stocks report that will be released this week. Traders are expecting sunflower stocks to be down significantly from a year ago. USDA will give its first estimate of 2020 sunflower production in October.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 28, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2021 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.62	34.27	33.29	-.98	32.64
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.60	16.90	16.90	NC	NQ
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.90	17.05	17.05	NC	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.20	16.90	16.90	NC	17.75
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.70	17.10	17.10	NC	18.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.75	17.25	17.25	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.00	18.25	18.25	ND	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 28, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.12	34.52	33.54	-.98
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.62	49.27	40.29	-.98
Corn Oil	30.00	66.00	66.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/21/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 21, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	93	88	85	92
Bracts Yellow	79	66	61	76
Mature	47	30	16	37
Texas
Harvested	59	56	65	54

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 21, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	13	34	42	4
Minnesota	3	4	17	70	6
Colorado	11	25	39	23	2

Submit research grant application pre-proposals

click here. Grant applications are due by October 6, 2020.

USDA details CFAP 2 Aid

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

9/14/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 14, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	88	82	75	87
Bracts Yellow	66	48	44	62
Mature	30	10	6	20
Texas
Harvested	56	50	61	50

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 14, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	8	12	30	45	5
Minnesota	1	3	14	75	7
Colorado	9	34	41	15	1

Hard freeze hits sunflower growing area

Research grant applications being accepted

Click here to read more and to submit pre-proposals.

Consider cattail control

Click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers who have blackbird problems. They will respond to you during the damage season by providing loaner cannons and pyrotechnics. These offices will provide further assistance in an attempt to break up large roosts. Using a combination of cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants and repellants can be even more effective when used together. Click here for more information on blackbird control.

Reduce the risk of combine fires

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Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 14, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.14	33.57	34.28	+.71	34.29
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.50	16.60	16.60	NC	16.60
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.80	16.80	16.80	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.40	16.65	16.75	+.10	16.75
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.70	16.85	16.95	+.10	16.95
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	16.85	16.95	+.10	16.95
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.95	17.85	17.95	+.10	17.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 14, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.64	33.52	34.48	+.96
Cotton Oil (psby)	39.14	48.27	49.23	+.96
Corn Oil	29.00	68.00	68.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/8/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 8, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	82	65	57	77
Bracts Yellow	48	29	23	44
Mature	10	3	3	9
Texas
Harvested	50	47	54	45

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 8, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	4	8	30	52	6
Minnesota	3	4	17	69	7
Colorado	8	33	42	16	1

Pre-harvest desiccant information available

here.

Sunflower stem diseases

Click here and here to learn more about these and other diseases.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

8/31/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 31, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	65	33	31	59
Bracts Yellow	29	6	5	25
Bracts Brown	3	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	NA	44	48	45

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 31, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	7	27	59	6
Minnesota	3	4	18	68	7
Colorado	7	33	43	16	1

Benefits of desiccation

Click here to learn more about desiccation.

Grower report

USDA provides help with blackbirds

click here. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. These tools are even more effective when used together. For more on blackbirds, click here.

Estimating yields in sunflower

click here.

Upcoming events

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

June 22-24, 2021
NSA Summer Seminar Duluth, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 31, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.87	31.66	32.96	+1.30	32.86
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.30	16.60	16.60	NC	16.60
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.75	16.80	16.80	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.75	16.60	16.65	+.05	16.65
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.70	16.80	16.85	+.05	16.85
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	16.80	16.85	+.05	16.85
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.80	17.85	+.05	17.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 31, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.37	31.91	33.21	+1.30
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.94	46.66	17.96	+1.30
Corn Oil	29.00	68.00	68.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/24/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 24, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	96	91	91	---
Petals Dry	33	9	16	35
Bracts Yellow	6	---	1	---
Texas
Harvested	44	41	45	39

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 24, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	4	29	62	4
Minnesota	3	5	20	65	7
Colorado	7	28	46	19	---

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

click here. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. These tools are even more effective when used together. For more on blackbirds, click here.

Grower Report

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

8/17/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 17, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	91	78	77	NA
Petals Dry	9	2	7	13
Texas
Harvested	NA	38	42	35

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 17, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	3	22	69	5
Minnesota	3	5	18	67	7
Colorado	7	24	47	21	1

Scout for grasshoppers in South Dakota

Examine crop for rust

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Grower report

Continue scouting for insects

click here. And to see the insecticides registered in sunflower, click here.

Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

th was a huge day for commodity markets as USDA released its latest supply and demand report and first report of FSA certified acres. Market analysts were expecting the August supply and demand report to show increased production for soybean and corn and USDA did not disappoint the trade. At 4.425 billion bushels (bb), soybean production came in under the record crop of 2018-19 by just 3 million bushels (mb). USDA did bump soybean yield to 53.3 bpa, up from 47.4 bpa last year and above trade expectations. If realized, that would be a record high soybean yield, above the previous record of 52 bpa in the 2016-17 season. The bearish soybean news continued with U.S. new crop ending stocks, which were bumped up to 610 mb, up from USDA's estimate of 425 mb in July. The U.S. corn production estimate came in at 15.27 bb vs. the trade’s expectation of 15.17 bb. USDA pegged the U.S. average corn yield at 181.3 bpa versus the average trade estimate of 180.5 bpa. USDA Farm Service Agency released its initial reported acres figures this week for all crops. Oil-type sunflower planted acreage was pegged at 1.21 million acres with confection acres at 163,500. The figures were within the average trade estimates. FSA will update the acreage report in mid-September. USDA will provide their initial yield and production estimates for the 2020 oil-type and confection sunflower crop in October.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 17, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	26.68	31.19	31.30	+.11	31.53
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.55	16.60	16.60	NC	16.60
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.70	16.80	16.80	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.45	16.60	16.60	NC	16.60
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.65	16.80	16.80	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	16.80	16.80	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.80	17.80	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 17, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.68	31.01	31.55	+.54
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.68	45.73	46.30	+.57
Corn Oil	29.00	68.00	68.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/10/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 10, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	78	54	55	77
Petals Dry	2	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	NA	35	39	29

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 10, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	25	65	8
Minnesota	2	4	21	68	5
Colorado	5	29	53	12	1

Keep Scouting for Insects

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Sunflower Rust Update

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Markets

th will be a huge day for commodity markets as USDA will release its latest supply and demand reports and first report of FSA certified acres. The FSA figures will be compared to the USDA June acreage report and will give the market a better idea of what got planted this year. USDA reports and weather conditions will guide traders in the coming weeks.

Sunflower Highlights

8/3/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 3, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	54	21	31	54
Texas
Harvested	35	28	32	20

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 3, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	4	19	65	11
Minnesota	2	4	19	68	7
Colorado	5	31	51	13	0

USDA ARS seeking research leader

Click here to learn more about the position. Applications will be accepted through August 10.

Scout for grasshoppers

Examine crop for rust

Click here to learn more about rust.

Start scouting for banded sunflower moth and red sunflower weevil

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments. To see the insecticides registered in sunflower, click here.

Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

th will be a huge day for commodity markets as USDA will release its latest supply and demand reports and first report of FSA certified acres. The FSA figures will be compared to the USDA June acreage report and will give the market a better idea of what got planted this year. This data and weather conditions will guide traders in the coming weeks.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 3, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.76	29.60	31.67	+2.07	31.32
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.85	19.25	16.70	-2.55	16.70
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.20	19.40	16.90	-2.50	16.90
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.85	19.25	16.60	-2.65	16.60
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.15	19.55	16.80	-2.75	16.80
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.40	18.45	16.80	-1.65	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.50	19.20	17.80	-1.40	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 3, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.37	29.00	30.92	+1.92
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.76	44.60	46.22	+1.62
Corn Oil	28.00	71.00	71.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/27/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 27, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	21	7	19	29
Texas
Harvested	28	16	25	15

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 27, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	3	24	62	10
Minnesota	2	4	20	68	6
Colorado	4	24	56	15	1

Examine crop for rust

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Grower report

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/20/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 20, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	7	2	10	13
Kansas
Planted	100	95	96	99
Texas
Planted	95	88	97	99
Harvested	16	10	15	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 20, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	32	60	6
Minnesota	4	4	25	60	7
Colorado	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

USDA ARS seeking research leader

Click here to learn more about the position. Applications will be accepted through August 10.

Consider cattail control

Click here for more information on using herbicides.

Scout for Lygus bug

Start scouting for banded sunflower moth and red sunflower weevil

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments. To see the insecticides registered in sunflower, click here.

Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 20, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.73	27.97	29.93	+1.96	30.53
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.75	20.05	20.05	NC	16.80
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.20	20.35	20.35	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.65	19.95	19.95	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.96	20.25	20.25	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	18.45	18.45	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.5	19.20	19.20	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 20, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.23	26.73	29.33	+2.60
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.73	43.08	44.93	+1.85
Corn Oil	2900	63.00	71.00	+8.00

Sunflower Highlights

7/13/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 13, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	94	91	98	---
Blooming	2	---	5	7
Kansas
Planted	95	93	92	95
Texas
Planted	88	83	88	96
Harvested	10	9	3	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 13, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	4	37	55	4
Minnesota	3	4	21	67	5
Colorado	4	13	56	27	0

Start scouting for sunflower moth

click here.

Grower report

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/6/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 6, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	91	93	91	96
Kansas
Planted	93	88	88	91
Colorado
Planted	97	94	91	94
Texas
Planted	83	80	82	91
Harvested	9	8	1	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 6, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	3	29	61	6
Minnesota	2	3	21	69	5
Colorado	3	12	47	35	3

USMCA entered into force July 1

Grower report

The Scoular Company expands bird food facility

Scout for sunflower moth

www.ag.ndsu.edu/ndipm/sunflower-insect-trap. These trap catches are considered non-economic (so far). Scouting: The adult moth is about ⅜ inch long, grayish-tan and has a cigar-shaped appearance when at rest. Moths move into fields during early bloom. It deposits its eggs on the face of the flower. Damage is caused by the larvae feeding on seeds and tunneling in head. Walk at W pattern in field and count moths on 20 plants at 5 sampling sites and calculate an average number of moths per 5 plants. Since female moths lay eggs on the face of sunflower heads, insecticide should be applied during early flowering (R5.1 - R5.3). 2020 Sunflower Moth Threshold Trap threshold: 28 moths per trap per week Field scouting threshold: 1-2 moths per 5 plants. For more information, click here.

Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 6, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.86	27.62	28.42	+.80	29.23
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.60	20.00	20.05	+.05	16.80
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.90	20.10	20.35	+.25	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.50	19.95	19.95	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.80	20.25	20.25	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.50	18.45	18.45	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.60	19.20	19.20	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 6, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.49	26.12	27.19	+1.07
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.86	42.62	43.54	+.92
Corn Oil	29.00	61.00	63.00	+2.00

Sunflower Highlights

6/29/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 29, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	93	89	97	99
Emerged	83	64	86	91
South Dakota
Planted	98	90	90	91
Kansas
Planted	88	78	81	84
Colorado
Planted	94	86	82	86
Texas
Planted	NA	77	NA	NA
Harvested	NA	3	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 29, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	38	83	3
Minnesota	2	4	22	67	5
Colorado	3	12	41	43	1

Grower reports

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/22/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 22, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	89	79	90	96
Emerged	64	43	69	79
South Dakota
Planted	90	72	75	81
Kansas
Planted	78	66	69	71
Colorado
Planted	86	78	68	69
Texas
Planted	77	69	97	82
Harvested	3	NA	NA	23

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 22, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Minnesota	2	3	23	67	5

Grower report

Syngenta Group is launched

, Syngenta Seeds, ADAMA and Syngenta Group China. Syngenta Group officials say this new entity unites the strengths of Syngenta AG, headquartered in Switzerland, ADAMA, based in Israel, and the agricultural businesses of Sinochem, based in China. The new entity, headquartered in Switzerland, has 48,000 employees in more than 100 countries, and had sales of US$23 billion in 2019.

Reminder about stored seed

Click here for more information on how to safely store seed.

NSA Board of Directors to meet this week

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Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 22, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.35	27.74	28.35	+.61	29.22
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.60	19.55	19.55	NC	16.80
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.90	19.80	19.80	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	19.45	19.45	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.75	19.75	19.75	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.50	18.45	18.45	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.60	19.20	19.20	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 22, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.65	26.24	26.85	+.61
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.38	42.74	43.35	+.61
Corn Oil	29.00	46.00	61.00	+15.00

Sunflower Highlights

6/15/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 15, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	79	60	80	91
Emerged	43	18	43	59
South Dakota
Planted	72	45	45	64
Kansas
Planted	66	49	52	53
Minnesota
Planted	100	95	99	95
Colorado
Planted	78	51	54	46
Texas
Planted	69	63	65	77

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 15, 2020

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Minnesota	1	3	22	64	10

Grower report

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program signup

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/8/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 8, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	60	40	62	78
Emerged	18	3	23	35
South Dakota
Planted	45	23	14	41
Kansas
Planted	49	33	32	31
Minnesota
Planted	95	75	85	92
Colorado
Planted	51	40	27	23
Texas
Planted	63	45	61	70

Grower Report

Sunflower oil exports to Canada increase

Exports of confection sunflower down slightly

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NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
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January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 8, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.38	27.60	28.10	+.50	29.02
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.60	19.45	19.45	NC	16.90
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.80	19.80	19.80	NC	17.10
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.10	19.45	19.45	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.50	19.75	19.75	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.40	18.45	18.45	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.50	19.20	19.20	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 8, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.63	25.85	26.60	+.75
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.38	42.60	43.10	+.50
Corn Oil	29.00	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 1, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	40	17	37	57
Emerged	3	NA	5	13
South Dakota
Planted	23	8	NA	24
Kansas
Planted	33	28	13	13
Minnesota
Planted	75	47	68	87
Colorado
Planted	40	27	6	11
Texas
Planted	45	20	48	55

Still plenty of time to plant sunflower

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Grower report

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/26/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, May 26, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	17	2	17	33
South Dakota
Planted	8	3	NA	13
Kansas
Planted	28	16	2	4
Minnesota
Planted	47	14	45	66
Colorado
Planted	27	18	NA	5
Texas
Planted	20	16	NA	NA

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program details announced

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USDA seeks feedback from producers about 2020 crops and stocks

here.

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NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
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January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.29	27.09	27.27	+.18	28.15
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	19.45	19.45	NC	17.30
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.60	19.80	19.80	NC	17.30
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.10	19.45	19.45	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.50	19.75	19.75	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.40	18.45	18.45	NC	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.50	19.20	19.20	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, May 26, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.69	25.34	25.52	+.18
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.29	42.09	42.27	+.18
Corn Oil	29.00	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/18/2020 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, May 18, 2020

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	2	NA	6	15
South Dakota
Planted	3	NA	NA	4
Kansas
Planted	16	2	1	2
Minnesota
Planted	14	6	19	45
Colorado
Planted	18	16	NA	2
Texas
Planted	16	NA	NA	NA

Corteva announces changes for 2021 seed sales season

Corteva Agriscience is introducing Brevant^™ seeds in the U.S. for sale exclusively through retail, focused in the Midwest and Eastern Corn Belt. Brevant^™ seeds was successfully launched in 2018 in nine countries outside the U.S. following the merger between Dow and DuPont. Brevant^™ will replace Mycogen^® Seeds as Corteva’s primary U.S. retail-focused brand and will be available for planting in 2021. As previously announced, Corteva will continue to serve U.S. farmers through regional seed brands in the U.S., such as NuTech^®. and AgVenture^®. Pioneer^® will remain the company’s global flagship seed brand. Corteva is committed to ensuring a smooth transition, and will honor program, product, and service obligations for existing seed orders and the 2020 growing season.

Canada sunflower acres projected to increase

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Sunflower Highlights

5/11/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship winner announced

Ruchika

Ruchika Ruchika is the recipient of this year’s Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship, administered by the National Sunflower Association. Ruchika will receive $5,000. Ruchika is pursuing a PhD in plant pathology at South Dakota State University. As a student in Dr. Febina Mathew’s lab, Ruchika’s research project is identifying fungicide sensitivity and candidate resistant genes for fungi causing Phomopsis stem canker in sunflower. Ruchika is originally from India and earned a bachelor’s in agriculture and a master’s in plant pathology at Punjab Agricultural University in India. She has been working with Dr. Mathew since fall of 2019.

NSA not selling contact lists

N Calculator available for North Dakota producers

here. The calculator uses the new nitrogen recommendations, which were updated last year for the first time since the 1970s. There are also new recommendations for phosphorus (P) for sunflower in the northern Great Plains. The new N and P recommendations are based on general productivity history and not a yield prediction model. N and P recommendations are based on both documented yield responses to each and economic analysis. The NDSU Fertilizing Sunflower Circular SF713 with the new recommendations can be found online here.

Sunflower provides assistance in dealing with salinity

click here.

Upcoming Events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 11, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	26.35	25.80	26.19	+.39	27.31
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.10	19.00	19.25	+.25	17.30
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.50	19.75	19.80	+.05	17.30
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.95	19.45	19.45	NC	16.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.35	19.75	19.75	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.25	18.45	18.45	NC	16.90
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	19.20	19.20	NC	17.90

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 11, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.01	24.85	24.69	-.16
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.61	41.15	41.49	+.34
Corn Oil	29.00	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/4/2020 12:00:00 AM

Reducing blackbird damage

Reminder about stored seed

NSA website provides helpful information for producers

www.sunflowernsa.com and click on the “growers” section; you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions there as well as links to more information about many important topics, including approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance and more.

Send us your story ideas

Click here to submit your ideas!

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4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM

2019 Sunflower Crop Quality Report available online

click here. The U.S. Sunflower Crop Quality Report is produced annually by the National Sunflower Association. The report contains useful information about sunflower acreage and production, confection and oil-type seed quality, mid-oleic and high oleic oil quality analysis and oil traits, product specifications, oil trading rules, statistics on marketing the crop, world and U.S. supply and demand tables, sunflower oil and meal exports for the United States and other related topics of interest to those in the industry.

USMCA to enter into force July 1

Deadline for NSA scholarship is this week

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Planting considerations

here.

Upcoming Events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 27, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.88	25.98	24.99	-.99	26.36
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.40	19.30	19.00	-.30	17.45
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.90	20.10	19.65	-.45	17.45
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.30	19.80	19.45	-.35	16.95
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.70	20.00	19.75	-.25	17.35
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	18.45	18.45	NC	17.10
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.65	19.20	19.20	NC	18.25

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 27, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.88	25.18	24.09	-1.14
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.19	40.98	40.61	-.37
Corn Oil	30.00	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM

Minnesota Sunflower Council elects board members

Sunflower planting pointers

Click here to see the top ten sunflower planting pointers.

Reducing blackbird damage

Sign up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

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Sunflower Highlights

4/13/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 NSA Summer Seminar canceled

NSA website provides helpful information for producers

www.sunflowernsa.com, then click on the “growers” section—you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions there, as well as links to more information about many important topics, including approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance and more.

Deadline for NSA Scholarship extended

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Work safely around grain

Don’t let children work or play in an area where there is flowing grain.

All workers involved in a situation where there is flowing grain should be warned to stay out of the grain

Warning decals should be placed at all bin entrances, on all rail cars, truck and trailer boxes used for grain hauling and on all gravity discharge wagons.

Never enter a grain bin without stopping the auger first and using “lock-out/tag-out” procedures to secure it.

Never enter a grain bin alone; have at least two people at the bin to assist in case problems arise. Use a safety harness or safety line when entering the bin.

Install a permanent lifeline hanging from the center of the bin for a person to grab on to.

Control the access to grain storage facilities to prevent grain entrapments.

For more information, check out the NDSU publication “Caught in the Grain.” It’s available by clicking here.

Upcoming events

August 20, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 13-14, 2021
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 13, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.81	26.83	26.90	+.07	28.10
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.50	20.10	20.00	-.10	17.90
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.00	20.50	20.45	-.05	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	20.15	20.15	NC	17.40
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.80	20.35	20.35	NC	17.80
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	18.75	18.65	-.10	17.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	19.50	19.40	-.10	18.90

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 13, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.06	26.23	26.10	-.13
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.81	35.83	41.90	+6.07
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	46.00	+7.00

Sunflower Highlights

4/6/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 NSA Summer Seminar canceled

Deadline for NSA Scholarship extended

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Reducing blackbird damage

Click here for more tips to reduce blackbird damage.

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Sunflower Highlights

3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM

Options for unharvested sugarbeet acres this spring

The Farmer magazine shares advice from Extension specialists on what to do with your unharvested sugarbeet fields. According to the article, sunflowers can be seeded later in the season without much downside risk. There is some risk that clopyralid that is released by the decomposing sugarbeets will injure sunflowers. This risk will be greatest if we have a cool and dry spring that limits the biological degradation of the clopyralid. Click here to learn more.

Anthem® herbicide label expanded to sunflower

Scott Tranby joins NSA Board of Directors

Deadline for NSA Scholarship extended

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Planter considerations for producers

Click here to view his observations and recommendations for calibration and adjustments to achieve excellent plant spacing.

Upcoming Events

June 23-25, 2020
NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 30, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.57	26.14	26.87	+.73	28.08
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.55	20.80	20.25	-.55	17.90
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.65	21.00	20.65	-.35	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	20.80	20.30	-.50	17.75
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.65	21.00	20.50	-.50	18.15
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	18.75	18.75	NC	18.10
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	19.50	19.50	NC	19.25

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 30, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.82	25.51	26.27	+.73
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.57	35.14	35.87	+.73
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/23/2020 12:00:00 AM

K-State scientist earns early career award for fighting weeds

Vipan Kumar

Vipan Kumar, an assistant professor of weed science at the Kansas State University Agricultural Research Center in Hays, received one of the top awards for young professionals during a joint meeting of the Weed Science Society of America and Western Society of Weed Science. Each year, the group selects one scientist who has earned the doctoral degree within the previous 10 years. As its name suggests, the award recognizes outstanding achievements in weed science early in the individual’s career, which includes innovative approaches that result in learning, the ability to clearly communicate ideas, excellence in research accomplishments, and more. Kumar, a native of northwestern India, began work at the Agricultural Research Center in 2017. His research includes several weed-related issues but focuses on herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth and kochia – aggressive weeds that steal water and nutrients in Kansas cropping systems. Click here to more about his research.

Resources available for producers on NSA website

Click here to go to the growers section on our website; check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection and more.

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Sunflower Highlights

3/16/2020 12:00:00 AM

North Dakota county sunflower election results

Steele county: Brady Palmer, Sharon

Barnes county: Anthony Thilmony, Valley City

Griggs county: Scott Tranby, Cooperstow

Heggen takes the helm at Stratas Foods

Canada approves USMCA Agreement

Reserve your room for Summer Seminar

click here. Use the group code NSA. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Deadline for NSA Scholarship approaching

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

March/April issue of The Sunflower coming soon

The Sunflower will be arriving in your mailbox soon. This is the final issue of the 2019-2020 magazine year, but we are always looking for story ideas and we are already planning for next year. If you have a story idea, give us a call or click here to submit them online.

Upcoming Events

March 17, 2020
SDSU 2020 Agronomy Update, Pierre, SD

June 23-25, 2020
NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 16, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.44	27.31	24.99	-2.32	26.25
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.45	20.35	20.75	+.40	18.10
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.45	20.55	20.95	+.40	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.20	20.20	20.60	+.40	17.85
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	20.40	20.80	+.40	18.25
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	18.75	18.75	NC	18.25
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	19.50	19.50	NC	19.40

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 16, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.44	27.44	24.49	-2.95
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.44	36.31	33.99	-2.32
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM

NSA board members go to Washington, DC

From left to right: Karl Esping,
Kansas; Lance Hourigan, South
Dakota; Clark Coleman, North
Dakota; Kevin Capistran Minnesota

Several members of the National Sunflower Association’s board of directors spent time last week in Washington, DC. Members made visits to members of Congress from Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota about Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations and implementation of the WHIP+ program along with discussing quality loss issues. In addition, the group met with officials from the USDA APHIS/Wildlife Services to discuss blackbird depredation concerns, USDA Risk Management Agency on adjusting losses in enterprise units when both oil and confection sunflowers are in the same farm unit and USDA Agricultural Research Service to support the National Sclerotinia Initiative.

$5,000 available for this year’s NSA scholarship

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Reserve your room for Summer Seminar

Click here to make your reservation, visit . Use the group code NSA. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

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Sunflower Highlights

3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM

Max Dietrich 2020 Gold Award Winner

Max Dietrich

Max Dietrich has been named the 2020 NSA Gold Award winner. Max devoted much of his career to sunflower; he held many agronomic, sales and marketing positions with seed companies and served as the NSA crop promotion director. Dietrich is described as a leader and a “doer” in his sunflower work. He put in countless hours to the NSA Sunflower Survey and served as chairman of the NSA research committee. The NSA Board of Directors selected Dietrich for the award at their meeting last month. Dietrich passed away last fall, but the board will present his wife Roxie with the Gold Award at the summer seminar, which will be held in Spearfish, South Dakota June 23-25, 2020.

NSA scholarship available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Make plans to attend the 2020 NSA Summer Seminar

click here. Use the group code NSA. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with questions.

Proper spring grain drying and storage critical

Run aeration fans periodically to keep the grain temperature near or below 30 degrees until the grain is dried if it exceeds recommended storage moisture contents, and below 40 degrees as long as possible during spring and early summer if it is dry.

Cover the fan when it is not operating to prevent warm air from blowing into the bin and heating the stored grain. He also recommends ventilating the top of the bin to remove the solar heat gain that warms the grain. Provide air inlets near the eaves and exhausts near the peak or use a roof exhaust fan.

Bin vents can become blocked with frost and ice when the fan is operated at temperatures near or below freezing, which may lead to damage to the roof. Leave the fill and access door open as a pressure relief valve when operating the fan at temperatures near or below freezing.

The natural air-drying for oil sunflowers requires an airflow rate of 0.75 cfm/bu for up to 15 percent moisture. The drying should start when outdoor temperatures average about 40 degrees.

Click here for more tips.

Upcoming events

March 12, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

March 17, 2020
SDSU 2020 Agronomy Update, Pierre, SD

June 23-25, 2020
NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 2, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.78	29.49	28.57	-.92	30.09
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	20.00	20.00	NC	18.10
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.15	20.25	20.25	NC	18.30
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.05	19.75	19.90	+.15	18.15
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.40	19.95	20.10	+.15	18.55
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	18.75	18.75	NC	18.60
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	19.50	19.50	NC	19.75

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 2, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.98	29.29	28.81	-.48
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.78	38.49	37.57	-.92
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM

NSA Board of Directors approves research projects

Production Resource Books available on NSA website

Click here for the growers section of our website; check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection and more.

iPad Winners

Cover Your Acres: Luke Smith - Leoti, KS

CCTA High Plains No-Till Conference: Curtis Sayles - Seibert, CO

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the NSA’s High Plains Committee booth. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

NSA scholarship available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt attinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

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Sunflower Highlights

2/18/2020 12:00:00 AM

USDA to survey farmers' planting intentions for 2020

click here to see the reports.

Kansas Sunflower Production meetings scheduled

Beloit: 785-282-6823 or www.postrock.ksu.edu

Salina:785-309-5850 or www.centralkansas.k-state.edu

Argonia:620-842-5445 or www.harper.ksu.edu

Ulysses:620-356-1721 or www.grant.ksu.edu

FMC to sponsor annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser

SDSU Extension to host 2020 Agronomy Update

ruth.beck@sdstate.edu to register.

NSA scholarship available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

NSA Board of Directors meets this week

Upcoming Events

March 12, 2020: NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

March 17, 2020: SDSU 2020 Agronomy Update, Pierre, SD

June 23-25, 2020: NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, February 18, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.74	30.62	30.48	-.14	31.92
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	19.90	19.90	NC	18.50
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.00	20.10	20.10	NC	18.80
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.10	19.80	19.80	NC	18.60
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	20.00	20.00	NC	19.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	18.65	18.75	+.10	18.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.65	19.40	19.50	+.10	19.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, February 18, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.94	30.62	30.38	-.24
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.74	39.62	39.48	-.14
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM

NSA President to Speak at Bird Damage Management Conference

Corteva to Stop Producing Chlorpyrifos

Nominations invited for NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 23-25 in Spearfish, SD.

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Sunflower Highlights

2/3/2020 12:00:00 AM

FMC Introduces New Herbicide for 2020 Growing Season

Agricultural Tile Drainage Design Workshop Scheduled

Click here to register for the workshop.

Nominations invited for NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 14, 2020. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 23-25 in Spearfish, SD. Each year, the National Sunflower Association presents its Gold Award to an individual who has contributed extraordinarily to the overall sunflower industry, either through his or her occupation or through the National Sunflower Association. This award is considered to be the highest award that the NSA presents to individuals. The award has been given since 1989.

Upcoming North Dakota County Elections

Cass County: February 10, 11 a.m., Hagge’s Bar and Grill, Mapleton

LaMoure County, February 13, 11:30 a.m., Centerfield Bar and Grill, LaMoure

Barnes County: February 20, 10 a.m., Barnes County Ext Office, Valley City

Richland County: February 24, 8:30 a.m., Richland County Courthouse, Wahpeton

Ransom County: February 25, 12 p.m.,Enderlin Fire Hall,

Steele County: February 26, 12 p.m., Tobiason-Christy’s Lakeview Catering, Hatton

District elections will be held in March. Click here for more information.

NSA scholarship available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Upcoming Events

February 4-5, 2020
CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO

March 12, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, February 3, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.13	31.52	30.29	-1.23	31.77
West Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.90	20.00	19.90	-.10	18.75
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.00	20.25	20.10	-.15	19.10
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.65	19.80	19.80	NC	18.70
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.25	20.00	20.00	NC	19.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	18.65	18.65	NC	18.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.65	19.40	19.40	NC	19.50

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, February 3, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.33	31.02	29.79	-1.23
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.13	38.52	37.29	-1.23
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/27/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 research presentations available online

Click here to see this year’s presentations. For a historical look, all the presentations dating back to 2008 are available there as well. Researchers from North and South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas and Iowa presented papers and posters on their work.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Nominations invited for NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 14, 2020. This award is considered to be the highest award that the NSA presents to individuals. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 23-25 in Spearfish, SD.

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Sunflower Highlights

1/21/2020 12:00:00 AM

NDSU Crop Compare Program updated

Crop Compare is a spreadsheet designed to compare cropping alternatives. The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2020 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota, but producers are encouraged to enter the expected yields and input costs for their farm. The user designates a reference crop and enters its expected market price. Depending on the region, a broad selection of nine to 18 crops are compared. The program provides the prices for competing crops that would be necessary to provide the same return over variable costs as the reference crop. Click here to see the spreadsheet.

FMC names new president/CEO

Monitor moisture of binned seeds

Click here for more storage tips.

Bob Majkrzak’s retirement celebration

Nominations invited for NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 14, 2020. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 23-25 in Spearfish, SD.

Plan now to attend the 32nd annual CCTA High Plains No-Till conference

Click here for more information and to register. Sessions will cover soil health, no-till, regenerative grazing, marketing, ag technology, business management and more. The NSA’s High Plains committee will have a booth – stop by and sign up to win an iPad!

Upcoming Events

February 4-5, 2020
CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO

March 12, 2020
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.06	33.65	32.75	-.90	33.84
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.00	19.90	19.90	NC	18.90
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.00	20.15	20.15	NC	19.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.60	19.90	19.80	-.10	18.90
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.25	20.10	20.00	-.10	19.40
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	18.55	18.55	NC	18.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.65	19.30	19.30	NC	19.50

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, January 21, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.26	33.45	32,25	-1.20
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.06	40.95	39.75	-1.20
Corn Oil	30.00	39.00	39.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/13/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 Research requests total over $345,000

NSA Research Forum attracts large crowd

ndannual research forum January 8-9 in Fargo, ND. Researchers presented papers and posters on their work. Attendees heard presentations on weeds, insects, disease and new varieties of sunflower. All presentations will be uploaded to the NSA website in the next few weeks.

Win an iPad!

Cover Your Acres, Oberlin, KS – January 14, 15, 2020

CCTA Conference, Burlington, Co – February 4-5, 2020

For a chance to win, producers must stop by the NSA High Plains booth and register. Winners will be publicized after the shows.

2019 North Dakota Sunflower Variety Trial results and selection guide now online

Click here to see the guide.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

1/6/2020 12:00:00 AM

2020 NSA Research Forum is this week

nd annual Sunflower Research Forum starts Wednesday, January 8. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Kansas State University, University of Nebraska and Texas A&M University will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more. The forum is set for January 8-9 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND. This is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion and stimulate creative thinking. It’s not too late to attend; you can register at the door on Wednesday morning! Click here for more information.

David Lyall to speak at NSA Research Forum

Production guides for sunflower available on NSA website

Click here to check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The book provides guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection and more.

‘Cover Your Acres’ conference is next week

Click here to learn more and to register.

CHS obtains exclusive rights to Corteva Agriscience confectionary sunflower breeding program

Upcoming Events

January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 6, 2020 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2020 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.26	35.17	34.24	-.93	35.42
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.40	19.25	19.50	+.25	18.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.40	19.45	19.75	+.30	19.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.80	19.20	19.50	+.30	18.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.20	19.40	19.70	+.30	19.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	18.35	18.45	+.10	18.55
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	19.10	19.20	+.10	19.35

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 6, 2020
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.76	34.57	34.02	-.55
Cotton Oil (psby)	33.51	42.17	41.24	-.93
Corn Oil	30.00	31.00	31.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

12/16/2019 12:00:00 AM

Confection Crop Quality

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

th Ave. S, Fargo, ND). Click here to register. You’ll find hotel information there also. Rooms are still available at the Holiday Inn for the special NSA Research Forum price of $100 (plus tax) per night. Call 877-282-2700 to reserve your room; these rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. Register now at the early bird price of $130. Registration will increase to $145 on December 27, 2019. No refunds will be given after December 27, 2019. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $40 each. If you have questions, contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com or visit our website.

Holiday Break

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	39.6%	40.2%
Foreign Material	7.1%	4.7%
Moisture	7.0%	8.7%
Test Weight	28.1 lbs	28.1 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	42.4%	44.0%
Foreign Material	5.9%	3.5%
Moisture	11.6%	9.8%
Test Weight	29.0 lbs	30.6 lbs

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, December 9, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	60	51	NA	NA
South Dakota
Harvested	79	71	NA	NA
Minnesota
Harvested	94	87	100	100
Kansas
Harvested	99	97	94	96
Colorado
Harvested	99	98	97	99
Texas
Harvested	96	94	NA	NA

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	39.7%	40.2%
Foreign Material	6.8%	4.7%
Moisture	6.8%	8.7%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	28.1 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	42.6%	44.1%
Foreign Material	6.0%	3.8%
Moisture	11.7%	9.9%
Test Weight	29.3 lbs	30.5 lbs

Mark Torno Re-elected to NSA Board of Directors

Additions to Sunflower Crop Insurance Approved for 2020

Personal Transitional Yields to populate their APH dataset.

Sunflower Breakout Session at Prairie Grains Conference

Marketing Your Sunflowers at the Prairie Grains Conference, Thursday December 12, 2019, at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND. The morning session at 11:15 AM will feature Guy Christensen, Northern Sun ADM; Scott Stinar, D & D Commodities; Tim Petry, SunOpta Inc. and Mike Bolz, Scoular Company. The afternoon session at 2:30 PM will have representatives John Zietz, Cargill Inc.; Nick Boll, Red River Commodities and Neil Biever, CHS Sunflower. Representatives will talk about the markets, new crop pricing and contracting options for oil-type, confection, conoil and bird food sunflowers in 2020.

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, December 9, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.52	29.96	31.36	+1.40	32.80
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.90	18.50	18.60	+.10	18.45
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	16.70	18.85	19.00	+.15	18.95
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.65	18.55	18.60	+.05	18.50
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	16.85	18.95	19.00	+.05	19.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.60	17.60	18.10	+.50	18.10
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.70	18.60	18.85	+.25	19.05

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, December 9, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.16	28.86	30.49	+1.63
Cotton Oil (psby)	31.76	36.96	38.59	+1.63
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	31.00	+2.00

Sunflower Highlights

12/2/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, December 2, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	51	41	86	94
South Dakota
Harvested	71	60	81	94
Minnesota
Harvested	87	79	100	100
Kansas
Harvested	97	94	88	93
Colorado
Harvested	98	97	89	96
Texas
Harvested	94	90	89	91

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	39.7%	40.2%
Foreign Material	6.8%	5.0%
Moisture	6.8%	8.7%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	28.2 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	42.6%	44.0%
Foreign Material	6.0%	3.1%
Moisture	11.7%	10.7%
Test Weight	29.3 lbs	30.6 lbs

Grower Report

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

th Ave. S, Fargo, ND) Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/25/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 25, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	41	34	79	90
South Dakota
Harvested	60	49	72	89
Minnesota
Harvested	79	69	97	98
Kansas
Harvested	94	92	80	88
Colorado
Harvested	97	92	81	90
Texas
Harvested	90	87	89	90

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	39.7%	40.2%
Foreign Material	6.8%	5.0%
Moisture	6.8%	8.4%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	28.2 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	43.3%	43.6%
Foreign Material	5.3%	3.6%
Moisture	11.9%	9.0%
Test Weight	29.7 lbs	31.3 lbs

Japan Approves Trade Deal

Grower Report

Producers Encouraged to Contact Agents for Delayed Harvest

November 30. Click here to see more information on requesting assistance due to delayed harvest.

USDA to Survey County Row Crops Acreage and Production

quickstats.nass.usda.gov/.

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 25, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	26.96	30.64	30.44	-.20	31.85
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.70	18.20	18.20	NC	17.90
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	18.60	18.60	NC	18.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.55	18.10	18.20	+.10	18.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	16.55	18.50	18.60	+.10	18.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	17.20	17.50	+.30	17.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	18.40	18.50	+.10	18.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 25 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.36	30.14	29.34	-.80
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.96	37.64	37.44	-.20
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/18/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 18, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	34	31	73	84
South Dakota
Harvested	49	47	62	83
Minnesota
Harvested	69	50	89	95
Kansas
Harvested	92	81	70	79
Colorado
Harvested	92	84	70	83
Texas
Harvested	NA	85	86	86

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	39.6%	41.3%
Foreign Material	7.1%	4.9%
Moisture	6.7%	8.0%
Test Weight	28.3 lbs	28.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	42.6%	44.0%
Foreign Material	6.1%	3.6%
Moisture	11.7%	8.9%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	31.5 lbs

Grower Report

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

thAve. S, Fargo, ND). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/12/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, November 12, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	31	25	67	77
South Dakota
Harvested	47	28	54	75
Minnesota
Harvested	50	37	82	89
Kansas
Harvested	81	63	61	68
Colorado
Harvested	84	78	54	73
Texas
Harvested	85	83	81	85

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	40.8%	41.3%
Foreign Material	5.5%	4.9%
Moisture	6.6%	8.0%
Test Weight	29.1 lbs	28.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	42.8%	44.3%
Foreign Material	5.8%	3.4%
Moisture	11.2%	8.8%
Test Weight	29.3 lbs	31.6 lbs

Hamilton Systems Announces Acquisition of Italian Manufacturer Fantini

Call for Papers Can Now Be Submitted Electronically

Click here to submit your paper or poster. A time will be designated for authors to be with their posters and answer questions. Each oral presentation will be limited to 10-12 minutes with 2-3 minutes allowed for questions. Click here to learn more. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 15, 2019.

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

thAve. S, Fargo, ND). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well.

Grower Report

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.71	31.87	31.08	-.84	32.36
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.70	18.00	18.10	+.10	17.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	18.40	18.50	+.10	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.55	18.05	18.10	+.05	17.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	16.55	18.45	18.50	+.05	18.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	17.10	17.10	NC	17.40
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	18.30	18.30	NC	18.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, November 12, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.11	31.47	30.53	-.94
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.71	40.87	38.03	-2.84
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 4, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	100	96	---	---
Harvested	25	11	59	65
South Dakota
Harvested	28	12	41	62
Minnesota
Harvested	37	20	71	82
Kansas
Harvested	63	43	49	53
Colorado
Harvested	78	72	42	58
Texas
Harvested	83	80	77	81

Seed Quality

High Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	40.8%	41.3%
Foreign Material	5.5%	4.7%
Moisture	6.6%	7.9%
Test Weight	29.1 lbs	29.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2019	2018
Oil Content	44.6%	44.3%
Foreign Material	4.5%	3.6%
Moisture	11.5%	9.1%
Test Weight	30.7 lbs	31.0 lbs

Grower Report

Call for Papers

click here. You can submit your application there too. You’ll also find registration information and a link on our website. Submissions must be completed by November 15, 2019.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/28/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 28, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	96	89	---	---
Harvested	11	6	46	47
South Dakota
Harvested	12	5	15	44
Minnesota
Harvested	20	1	54	70
Kansas
Harvested	43	27	38	38
Colorado
Harvested	72	55	29	40
Texas
Harvested	80	76	73	76

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 28, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	3	12	32	50	3
Minnesota	1	4	28	60	7

Grower Report

Producers Encouraged to Contact Agents for Delayed Harvest

November 30. More information on requesting assistance due to delayed harvest is available on RMA’s website.

Call for Papers

Click here if you are interested in presenting a paper. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 15, 2019.

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

thAve. S, Fargo, ND). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well. See you in Fargo!

October/November Issue of The Sunflower Now Available

The Sunflower is in the mail and also ready to read on our website. Click here to read it. This issue includes an interview with North Dakota producer Adam Bettenhausen, a look at the NSA’s 2020 research priorities, reflections from outgoing NSA board members Art Ridl and Jeff Oberholtzer, and more.

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 28, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.89	30.48	30.48	+.30	32.07
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.90	18.15	18.30	+.15	17.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	18.45	18.55	+.10	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.55	18.10	18.10	NC	17.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	16.55	18.40	18.40	NC	18.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.75	17.00	17.10	+.10	17.40
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.85	18.20	18.30	+.10	18.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 28, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.29	30.08	30.38	+.30
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.89	39.48	39.78	+.30
Corn Oil	30.00	30.00	29.00	-1.00

Sunflower Highlights

10/21/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 21, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	89	71	---	---
Harvested	6	17	28	27
South Dakota
Harvested	5	---	8	28
Kansas
Harvested	27	17	24	23
Colorado
Harvested	55	41	18	25
Texas
Harvested	NA	73	72	70

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 21, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	3	8	37	48	4
Colorado	0	1	18	76	5
Minnesota	1	4	27	61	7

Call for Papers

Click here if you are interested in presenting a paper. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 15, 2019.

Register Now for the 2020 NSA Research Forum

thAve. S, Fargo, ND). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. You’ll find hotel information there as well. See you in Fargo!

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, October 15, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	96	88	100	100
Mature	71	53	96	91
Harvested	4	0	14	13
Kansas
Harvested	17	7	15	12
Colorado
Harvested	41	8	7	8
Texas
Harvested	73	71	70	70

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, October 15, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	10	21	64	4
Colorado	0	0	24	70	6
Minnesota	1	2	25	64	8

Sunflower Included in U.S.- Japan Trade Deal

Industry Leader Passes Away

NSA Receives Specialty Crop Grants

Clonostachys rosea for managing Sclerotinia head rot in confection sunflowers. The money is part of 24 grants the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA-AMS) approved, totaling over $2.7 million. The money is given to promote the development, cultivation production and sales of specialty crops in North Dakota.

Call for Papers

Click here if you are interested in presenting a paper. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 15, 2019.

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.76	30.01	30.39	+.38	31.64
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	18.60	18.55	-.05	NQ
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.25	18.90	18.80	-.10	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.10	18.10	18.60	+.50	17.80
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.35	18.50	18.80	+.30	18.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.85	16.85	16.95	+.10	17.30
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.00	18.10	18.20	+.10	18.55

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.26	29.66	29.99	+.33
Cotton Oil (psby)	31.76	39.01	39.39	+.38
Corn Oil	30.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/7/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 7, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	88	74	---	---
Mature	53	36	89	78
Kansas
Harvested	7	3	11	5
Colorado
Harvested	8	1	---	3
Texas
Harvested	71	69	68	66

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 7, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	29	62	7
Colorado	0	0	24	66	10
Minnesota	1	1	23	66	9

Sunflower Highlights

9/30/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 30, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	95	88	100	100
Bracts Yellow	74	66	94	87
Mature	36	20	72	60
Kansas
Harvested	3	1	5	2
Colorado
Harvested	1	NA	NA	2
Texas
Harvested	69	66	67	63

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 30, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	3	22	68	6
Colorado	0	0	25	59	16
Minnesota	1	1	24	65	9

Grower Report

Reduce the Risk of Combine Fires

click here.

Are Your Bins Ready?

click here.

Deadline Approaching for Research Grant Applications

click here. Grant applications are due by October 8, 2019.

Upcoming Events

December 10-11, 2019 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 12, 2019 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 8-9, 2020 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 23-25, 2020 – NSA Summer Seminar, Spearfish, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 30, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.01	29.19	28.99	-.20	30.61
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	18.50	18.60	+.10	NQ
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.25	18.80	18.90	+.10	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.10	18.40	18.30	-.10	17.70
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.35	18.70	18.70	NC	18.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.85	16.75	16.85	+.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.00	18.00	18.10	+.10	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 30, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.51	28.69	28.49	-.20
Cotton Oil (psby)	28.31	38.19	37.99	-.20
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	30.00	+1.00

Sunflower Highlights

9/23/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 23, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	88	78	96	---
Bracts Yellow	66	49	89	74
Mature	20	7	55	---
Kansas
Harvested	1	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	66	62	66	58

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 23, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	16	78	6
Colorado	0	0	22	67	11
Minnesota	1	1	27	62	9

Grower Report

Canadian Sunflower Production Projected Lower

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

9/16/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 16, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	78	66	92	87
Bracts Yellow	49		79	61
Mature	7	4	38	---
Texas
Harvested	62	57	63	54

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 16, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	16	75	6
Colorado	0	0	23	67	10
Minnesota	0	0	28	60	12

Research Grant Applications Being Accepted

Click here to read more and to submit pre-proposals.

Grower Report

Consider Cattail Control

Click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers who have blackbird problems. They will respond to you during the damage season by providing loaner cannons and pyrotechnics. These offices will provide further assistance in an attempt to break up large roosts. Using a combination of cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants and repellants can be even more effective when used in combination. For more information on blackbird control, click here.

Sunflower Stem Diseases

Click here to learn more about these diseases.

Upcoming Events

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 16, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.43	28.26	30.14	+1.88	31.82
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	18.55	18.50	-.05	17.40
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.40	18.75	18.80	+.05	17.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.35	18.40	18.40	NC	17.30
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.35	18.70	18.70	NC	17.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.95	16.45	16.70	+.25	16.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	17.55	17.95	+.40	17.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 16, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.93	27.76	29.64	+1.88
Cotton Oil (psby)	26.70	37.26	39.14	+1.88
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/9/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 9, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	100	97	100	100
Petals Dry	66	36	88	80
Bracts Yellow	30	6	69	45
Mature	4	---	22	---
Texas
Harvested	57	48	62	51

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 9, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	3	19	70	7
Colorado	0	0	17	69	14
Minnesota	0	0	22	65	13

Grower Report

Estimating Yields in Sunflower Fields

click here.

Pre-Harvest Desiccant Information Available

Click here to learn more.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

9/3/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 3, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	97	94	---	---
Petals Dry	36	19	81	65
Bracts Yellow	6	1	55	---
Texas
Harvested	48	46	60	45

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 3, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	13	77	7
Colorado	0	1	11	76	12
Minnesota	0	0	22	64	14

Monitor for Phomopsis Stem Canker

Ryan Buetow or Febina Mathew. The address to send samples (only the diseased stem) is Febina Mathew, South Dakota State University, Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science Department, SPSB 113, Box 2108, Brookings, SD 57007. For more information, click here. For a video explanation, click here. To learn more about common stem diseases in sunflower, click here.

Benefits of Desiccation

click here.

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

Click here for a map with phone numbers for those USDA Wildlife Services personnel. USDA Wildlife Services has hired five additional specialists to help North Dakota producers with blackbirds. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants and repellants. These tools are even more effective when used together. For more on blackbirds, click here.

Upcoming Events

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

five-year average normal pacein most areas. In states reporting crop conditions, the crop is being rated at 78 to 88 percent good to excellent condition. This should mean that yields will be above trend assuming normal weather through the rest of this fall and the lack of an early freeze. Buyers will be anxiously watching crop production prospects before making longer term purchases. 2019 U.S. sunflower production is still undetermined and will not be known until this fall. In its first estimate, USDA pegged U.S. sunflower production nearly unchanged in 2019/20 at 2.12 billion pounds. In October, USDA will provide an updated estimate for oil and non-oil sunflower production. These reports and demand news will set the tone for new crop sunflower price direction in the near term.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, September 3, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.39	28.33	28.87	+.54	29.09
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	18.30	18.30	NC	17.40
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.40	18.75	18.75	NC	17.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	18.40	18.40	NC	17.30
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.40	18.70	18.70	NC	17.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	16.45	16.45	NC	16.60
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.55	17.55	NC	17.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, September 3, 2019
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.03	28.33	28.37	+.04
Cotton Oil (psby)	27.53	37.33	37.94	+.61
Corn Oil	30.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/26/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 26, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	94	83	---	---
Petals Dry	19	10	63	40
Bracts Yellow	1	---	30	---
Texas
Harvested	46	42	59	40

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 26, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	17	76	5
Colorado	0	0	20	66	14
Minnesota	0	1	17	69	13

Sunflower Highlights

8/19/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 19, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	83	63	97	---
Petals Dry	10	---	33	---
Texas
Harvested	42	39	57	35

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 19, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	18	73	6
Colorado	0	0	18	69	13
Minnesota	0	1	19	66	14

Grower Report

Keep Scouting for Insects

sunflower moth indicates that high numbers of moths migrated into ND during the last two weeks, just in time for female moths to lay eggs on the face of the sunflower. High trap catches are present in the central and north central areas of North Dakota. Banded sunflower moth trap catches peaked last week in most areas of ND with the highest trap catch at Renville County followed by Cass and Cavalier Counties. Trap catches for Arthuri sunflower moths are high in the northern tier of ND but are usually lower numbers than the banded sunflower moth. Economic population of red sunflower seed weevils are being observed in the earliest blooming sunflower fields, especially in field edges. The 1⁄8-inch-long reddish-orange weevils are especially abundant in the north central area of North Dakota. Continue to scout fields for insects until sunflowers reach R5.8 to R6. Click here for more on insects.

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

Click here for a map with phone numbers for those USDA Wildlife Services personnel. As petals begin to drop, blackbirds will soon appear and cause problems. The USDA can help. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants and repellants. These tools are even more effective when used together. For more on blackbirds, click here.

Monitor for Sunflower Rust

click here.

Upcoming Events

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 19, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.54	29.64	28.68	-.96	29.04
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	18.50	18.55	+.05	17.40
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.35	18.50	18.70	+.20	17.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	18.35	18.45	+.10	17.35
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.40	18.55	18.65	+.10	17.55
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	16.45	16.45	NC	16.60
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	17.55	17.55	NC	17.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 19, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.54	29.16	28.68	-.48
Cotton Oil (psby)	27.54	38.64	37.68	-.96
Corn Oil	32.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/12/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 12, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	63	35	91	79
Texas
Harvested	NA	34	55	27

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 12, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	4	20	69	7
Colorado	0	0	19	70	11
Minnesota	0	0	18	69	13

Make Sunflower Harvest a Top Priority This Year

Bird Abatement Products

Desiccants

Help Reducing Blackbird Damage

Drones and Sunflowers

Grower Report

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

8/5/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 5, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	35	22	77	59
Texas
Harvested	NA	27	48	14

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 5, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	4	21	70	5
Colorado	0	0	23	68	9
Minnesota	0	1	16	69	14

Capistran Family a 2019 “U of M Farm Family”

Click here to see profiles of the 2019 honorees and information on the recognition event. Families receiving honors were selected by their local county Extension committees and have demonstrated a commitment to enhancing and supporting agriculture and agriculture production.

Examine Crop for Rust

Click here to learn more about rust.

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

Click here for a map with phone numbers for those USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers who have blackbird problems. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants and repellants. These tools are even more effective when used together. Click here for more on blackbirds.

Keep Scouting for Insects

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments. Click here to see the insecticides registered in sunflower.

Upcoming Events

August 8, 2019
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 5, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.29	28.43	27.76	-.67	28.26
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.55	17.90	17.85	-.05	17.10
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.40	18.25	18.20	-.05	17.15
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	17.85	17.85	NC	17.20
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	18.15	18.15	NC	17.40
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	16.45	16.40	-.05	16.40
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	17.55	17.50	-.05	17.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 5, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.54	27.93	27.37	-.26
Cotton Oil (psby)	27.29	37.43	36.76	-.67
Corn Oil	32.00	28.00	28.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/29/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 29, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	22	12	50	32
Texas
Harvested	NA	20	46	6

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 29, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	3	20	73	4
Colorado	0	0	20	76	4
Minnesota	0	1	20	70	9

Time to Scout for Banded Sunflower Moth and Arthuri Sunflower Moth

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments. Click here to see the insecticides registered in sunflower.

Grower Report

Markets

up 35%, well ahead of a year ago. From October 2018-May 2019, 35,500 metric tons (MT) of sunflower oil has been exported. That compares to 26,350 MT during the same time frame a year ago. Canada and Mexico remain the top two importers and have an additional 19,000 MT on the books to be delivered this marketing year. Exports plus good domestic demand should keep prices firm at the crush plants in the near term. Weather conditions will come into focus more as we get into Mid-August through September, the critical time frame for sunflower.

Sunflower Highlights

7/22/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 22, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	100	99	100	100
Blooming	12	6	26	14
Colorado
Planted	100	97	100	100
Kansas
Planted	96	93	98	99
Texas
Harvested	20	4	44	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 22, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	3	19	72	6
Colorado	0	0	22	73	5
Minnesota	0	0	17	72	11

Start Scouting for Banded Sunflower Moth and Red Sunflower Weevil

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments. Click here to see the insecticides registered in sunflower.

Australian Agriculture Company to Open Research and Development Facility in California

Consider Cattail Control

Click here for more information on using herbicides.

Upcoming Events

August 8, 2019
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting
Goodland, KS

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 22, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.97	28.28	27.7	-.55	28.17
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.65	17.70	17.85	+.15	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.65	18.00	18.20	+.20	17.05
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.65	17.50	17.65	+.15	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.65	17.80	17.95	+.15	17.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	16.50	16.45	-.05	16.25
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	17.60	17.55	-.05	17.50

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 22, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.22	27.78	27.73	-.55
Cotton Oil (psby)	26.94	37.31	36.73	-.58
Corn Oil	32.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 15, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	99	94	100	100
Blooming	6	2	13	7
South Dakota
Planted	100	98	100	100
Colorado
Planted	97	93	99	98
Kansas
Planted	93	90	95	96
Texas
Planted	89	85	NA	NA
Harvested	4	2	41	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 15, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	19	76	3
Colorado	0	0	19	75	6
Minnesota	0	2	18	68	12

USDA Extends Deadline to Report Spring-Seeded Crops for 12 States

Click hereto learn more.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 8, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	100	99	100	100
Emerged	94	89	95	---
Blooming	2	---	7	4
South Dakota
Planted	98	93	95	98
Colorado
Planted	93	87	98	95
Kansas
Planted	90	84	91	93
Texas
Planted	85	75	99	96
Harvested	2	---	34	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 8, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	17	77	4
Colorado	0	0	16	76	8
Minnesota	0	1	17	71	11

Grower Report

New Hybrid Sunflower Seed Production Manual Available for California Producers

click here for your copy. Authors of the manual include UC Cooperative Extension farm advisors Rachel Long, Sarah Light and Konrad Mathesius, retired USDA plant pathologist Thomas Gulya, UC Cooperative Extension irrigation specialist Khaled Bali, and emeritus UC Cooperative Extension soils specialist Roland Meyer.

Reminder About Stored Seed

Click here for more information on how to safely store seed.

Upcoming Events

January 8-9, 2020: NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 8, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.74	27.98	27.86	-.12	28.48
Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.00	17.60	17.60	NC	16.65
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.90	17.90	17.90	NC	16.85
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.80	17.40	17.50	+.10	16.85
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.80	17.70	17.80	+.10	17.05
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.60	16.50	16.50	NC	16.30
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.60	17.60	17.60	NC	17.55

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 8, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.11	27.63	27.49	-.14
Cotton Oil (psby)	27.86	36.95	36.86	-.12
Corn Oil	34.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/1/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 1, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	99	93	100	100
Emerged	89	77	91	---
South Dakota
Planted	93	82	90	92
Colorado
Planted	87	71	93	89
Kansas
Planted	84	73	87	87
Texas
Planted	75	67	89	92

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 1, 2019

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	1	16	81	2
Colorado	0	0	13	83	4
Minnesota	0	0	19	69	12

RMA Administrator Meets with NSA Board, Attends Summer Seminar

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/24/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 24, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	93	84	98	97
Emerged	77	48	81	---
South Dakota
Planted	82	56	85	84
Colorado
Planted	71	61	77	75
Kansas
Planted	73	58	80	76
Minnesota
Planted	100	99	97	NA
Texas
Planted	67	66	81	89

CHS Announces Northwest Minnesota Sunflower Processing Plant Closure

NSA Summer Seminar Starts Tomorrow

thannual NSA Summer Seminar is being held in Medora, ND June 25-27. The event begins on Tuesday evening with the annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser. Wednesday is filled with presentations covering valuable and timely information. On Thursday, we will wrap things up with the annual golf tournament. Registration at the door will be $425 and golf will be $195. Click here for the complete schedule.

SDSU Extension Seeks Grower Input for Survey

click here. If you have already contributed information to this survey, please do not take it again. If you have questions about the survey, or would like to learn more, contact Jason Clark, SDSU Extension Soil Fertility Specialist at 605-688-4395 or Jason.D.Clark@sdstate.edu.

Red River Commodities Announces Retirement of Longtime CEO Bob Majkrzak

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019
NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

January 8-9, 2020
NSA Research Forum
Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 24, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.94	28.14	28.35	+.21	28.96
Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.20	17.60	17.60	NC	16.65
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.00	17.90	17.90	NC	16.85
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.90	17.45	17.45	NC	16.75
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.90	17.80	17.75	-.05	16.95
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.80	16.50	16.50	NC	16.55
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	17.60	17.60	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 24, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.14	28.44	28.65	+.21
Cotton Oil (psby)	27.94	37.14	37.38	+.24
Corn Oil	34.00	29.00	29.00	NC

RMA Administrator to Give Keynote Address at National Sunflower Association Summer Seminar in Medora, ND

6/21/2019 12:00:00 AM

The National Sunflower Association’s Annual Summer Seminar will be held June 25-27 at in Medora, ND. The annual meeting gives industry leaders and producers a chance to network and learn about what’s happening in the sunflower industry.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator Martin Barbre will be the keynote speaker during Wednesday’s noon luncheon. Barbre will share how the RMA serves America’s farmers and about his vision to secure the future of agriculture. Leaders of the National Sunflower Association will also be honored at the luncheon.

Other sessions include presentations about Palmer amaranth, combine fire research, harvest best practices, and a brainstorm session about sunflower research.

“Sunflower is an important agricultural crop choice for producers in the northern plains of the Dakotas to the panhandle of Texas, this event brings together stakeholders from all across the US.” says John Sandbakken, NSA Executive Director. “We’ve got some great speakers and breakout sessions planned this year. This is our 37th annual Summer Seminar. It’s become a ‘can’t miss destination event’ for sunflower producers and industry leaders every year.”

Click here for registration information and the agenda for the meeting.

For more information, contact John Sandbakken, NSA Executive Director, Peter Wood, Public Affairs for USDA's Farm Production and Conservation Mission Area (FPAC), or Jody Kerzman, NSA Communications Director.

Sunflower Highlights

6/17/2019 12:00:00 AM

South Dakota producers made big progress planting sunflower last week; the state reports 56% of the crop is now planted, compared to just19% a week ago, but still down from the average of 71% for this time of year. Meanwhile, Minnesota producers report 99% of the sunflower crop planted.

Crop Progress - Monday, June 17, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	84	69	95	92
Emerged	48	30	63	---
South Dakota
Planted	56	19	73	71
Colorado
Planted	61	35	55	52
Kansas
Planted	58	38	68	59
Minnesota
Planted	99	89	96	95
Texas
Planted	NA	63	80	87

Grower Report

NSA Summer Seminar is Next Week

thannual NSA Summer Seminar. The event is planned for June 26-27, 2019 in Medora, ND. Registration is now $375 and will increase to $425 at the door. Click here to register. Contact Tina at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions. See you in Medora!

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/10/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 10, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	69	43	84	81
Emerged	30	6	39	---
South Dakota
Planted	19	---	60	54
Colorado
Planted	35	8	35	30
Kansas
Planted	38	17	51	37
Minnesota
Planted	89	74	93	88
Texas
Planted	63	56	68	78

ADM Combines Grain Trading, Oilseed Units

NSA Summer Seminar to Cover Timely Topics

Click here for a complete schedule and registration information.

Register Now for Summer Seminar

thannual Summer Seminar. Join us in Medora, ND June 25-27 for this informative and fun event. Registration is easy – click here to register online. Registration at the door will increase to $425 and golf will be $195, so register now! Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Weed Management Field Day Slated for July 2

click here to pre-register online or call the research center at 785-625-3425. Commercial applicator certification and continuing education credits will be available. The field day is co-sponsored by the Kansas Soybean Commission, Kansas Sunflower Commission, National Sunflower Association, Sorghum Checkoff, Bayer CropScience, Corteva Agriscience, FMC Corporation, Gowan, Syngenta, NuFarm, WinField, UPL and Valent.

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

January 8-9, 2020: NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 10, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.58	27.34	27.38	+.04	28.02
Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.25	17.60	17.60	NC	16.55
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.05	17.75	17.80	+.05	16.65
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.10	17.10	17.10	NC	16.40
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.10	17.50	17.50	NC	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.20	16.40	16.40	NC	16.55
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.20	17.50	17.50	NC	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 10, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.78	27.74	27.63	-.11
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.52	36.34	36.38	+.04
Corn Oil	34.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/3/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 3, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	43	21	63	61
Emerged	6	1	15	---
South Dakota
Planted	---	---	35	33
Colorado
Planted	8	---	17	14
Kansas
Planted	17	2	33	19
Minnesota
Planted	74	52	88	81
Texas
Planted	56	27	54	67

Correction to MN Final Planting Date

June 10in all counties. The final planting date is the last day that you can plant the crop and still get full insurance coverage. After this date the coverage is reduced by 1 percent per day and the actual final date that sunflower can be planted is July 5.

RMA Administrator to Speak at Summer Seminar

Click here to register. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/28/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, May 28, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	21	8	33	39
Emerged	1	---	3	---
South Dakota
Planted	---	---	26	19
Colorado
Planted	---	---	8	7
Kansas
Planted	2	1	15	7
Minnesota
Planted	52	26	75	65

USDA Announces Tariff Aid Payments

Still Plenty of Time to Plant Sunflower

click here.

Grower Report

Summer Seminar Rate Increases June 3

click here. You’ll find our schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

January 8-9, 2020: NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.21	27.50	27.29	-.21	29.74
Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.15	17.10	17.30	+.20	16.55
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	18.05	17.60	17.60	NC	16.65
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.10	17.00	17.10	+.10	16.40
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	18.10	17.40	17.50	+.10	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.20	16.30	16.40	+.10	16.85
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.20	17.40	17.50	+.10	18.10

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, May 28, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.41	26.90	27.69	+.79
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.21	36.50	36.29	-.21
Corn Oil	34.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/20/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, May 20, 2019

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	8	2	11	18
Kansas
Planted	1	1	6	3
Minnesota
Planted	26	2	54	47

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora.To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. To reserve tickets to the Medora Musical, click here for an exclusive link or call 1-800-633-6721. Ask for reservations and let them know you’re with the National Sunflower Association and want tickets for the June 26 performance. Please book by June 5 to ensure you have access to the group block. After this date, all unused seats will be released to the general public. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Updates to the NDSU Extension Pest Management App Available

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM

N Calculator Available for ND Producers

here. The calculator uses the new nitrogen recommendations, which have been updated for the first time since the 1970s. There are also new recommendations for phosphorus (P) for sunflower in the Northern Great Plains. The new N and P recommendations are based on general productivity history and not a yield prediction model. N and P recommendations are based on both documented yield responses to each and economic analysis. The NDSU Fertilizing Sunflower Circular SF713 with the new recommendations can be found online here.

Sunflower Provides Assistance in Dealing with Salinity

click here.

Exports of Sunflower Oil Increase

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Reserve Your Tickets for the Medora Musical

Click here for an exclusive booking link to reserve your seats for the Medora Musical. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 (1-800-MEDORA-1). Ask for reservations and let them know you’re with the National Sunflower Association and want tickets for the June 26 performance. Please book by June 5 to ensure you have access to the group block. After this date, all unused seats will be released to the general public.

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 13, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.12	26.84	26.35	-.49	27.34
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.90	17.30	17.10	-.20	17.50
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.80	17.70	17.50	-.20	16.80
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.80	17.05	16.95	-.10	16.35
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.80	17.45	17.35	-.10	16.55
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.10	16.30	16.25	-.05	16.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	17.40	17.35	-.05	17.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 13, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.45	25.84	26.01	+.17
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.25	36.13	35.61	-.52
Corn Oil	34.00	29.00	29.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM

North Dakota Final Planting Date Extended by 5 Days

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. To reserve tickets to the Medora Musical, click here or call 1-800-633-6721. Ask for reservations and let them know you’re with the National Sunflower Association and want tickets for the June 26 performance. Please book by June 5 to ensure you have access to the group block. After this date, all unused seats will be released to the general public. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Reminder About Stored Seed

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Reserve Your Tickets for the Medora Musical

Click here for an exclusive booking link to reserve your seats for the Medora Musical. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 (1-800-MEDORA-1). Ask for reservations and let them know you’re with the National Sunflower Association and want tickets for the June 26 performance. Please book by June 5 to ensure you have access to the group block. After this date, all unused seats will be released to the general public.

Work Safely Around Grain

Don’t letchildren work or play in an area where there is flowing grain.

All workers involved in a situation where there is flowing grain should be warned to stay out of the grain.

Warning decals should be placed at all bin entrances, on all rail cars, truck and trailer boxes used for grain hauling, and on all gravity discharge wagons.

Never enter a grain bin without stopping the auger first and using “lock-out/tag-out” procedures to secure it.

Never enter a grain bin alone; have at least two people at the bin to assist in case problems arise. Use a safety harness or safety line when entering the bin.

Install a permanent life-line hanging from the center of the bin for a person to grab on to.

Control the access to grain storage facilities to prevent grain entrapments.

For more information, check out the NDSU publication, “Caught in the Grain.” It is available online here.

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 29, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.35	28.70	27.88	-.82	28.92
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.85	17.50	17.40	-.10	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.75	18.00	17.90	-.10	17.10
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.80	17.40	17.30	-.10	16.95
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.80	17.80	17.70	-.10	17.25
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.10	16.65	16.55	-.10	16.85
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	17.75	17.65	-.10	18.10

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 29, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.55	27.95	26.88	-1.07
Cotton Oil (psby)	28.35	37.70	37.19	-.51
Corn Oil	32.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

4/22/2019 12:00:00 AM

NSA Website Provides Helpful Information for Producers

Click here, then click on the “growers” section – you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions there, as well as links to more information about many important topics, including approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance and more.

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. If you’d like to attend the Medora Musical while you’re there, the NSA has reserved a block of tickets. Call 1-800-Medora-1 to reserve and purchase your tickets within that block. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Sunflower Planting Pointers

Click here to see the top ten sunflower planting pointers.

Markets

Oil Worldvegetable oil prices are expected to be supported by a slowing down in world production growth for soybean, rapeseed and palm oil. Increased oil import demand in China and India coupled with further growth in biodiesel production will also be supportive to oil prices. This is positive news for sunflower as the sunflower market is mainly driven by oil values. Trading for the next few weeks will focus on 2019 acreage, export sales, plus US/China trade talks.

Sunflower Highlights

4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM

2019 Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Winner Announced

Nelson Appointed to USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Click here for more tips to reduce blackbird damage.

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

click here. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, visit www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. Note: The total per/room you’ll see when making your reservation is for your entire stay; it is not a nightly rate. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 15, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.18	28.88	28.81	-.07	29.85
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.80	17.50	17.50	NC	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.75	17.80	18.00	+.20	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.70	17.45	17.40	-.05	17.05
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.70	17.80	17.80	NC	17.35
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.95	16.65	16.65	NC	16.85
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.95	17.75	17.75	NC	18.10

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 15, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.38	28.13	28.06	-.07
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.18	37.88	37.81	-.07
Corn Oil	32.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

4/8/2019 12:00:00 AM

SunOpta Hires New President and CEO

Sunflower Hybrid Seed Production in California

here. Rachel Long, UC Davis Farm Advisor, was the inspiration and lead author of the publication, with co-authors indlucing Tom Gulya, Sarah Light, Khalid Ball, Konrad Mathesius, and Ronald D. Meyer.

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

4/1/2019 12:00:00 AM

County-Level Commodity Estimates Now Available

here.

2018 Crop Quality Report Available Online

cllick here. The U.S. Sunflower Crop Quality Report is produced annually by the National Sunflower Association. The report contains useful information about sunflower acreage and production, confection and oil-type seed quality, mid-oleic and high oleic oil quality analysis and oil traits, product specifications, oil trading rules, statistics on marketing the crop. world and U.S. supply and demand tables, sunflower oil and meal exports for the United States and other related topics of interest to those in the industry.

North Dakota Oilseed Council Election Results

Register Now for 2019 NSA Summer Seminar

click here. You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $325 and golf at $145, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved in Medora. To make your reservation, click here select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Syngenta Scholarship Available

www.syngenta-us.com/scholarships/ for additional information about the scholarship, including official rules, prize amounts, essay topics and application guidelines.

Upcoming Events

June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 1, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.04	28.82	28.57	-.25	31.24
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.80	17.55	17.55	NC	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.60	17.55	17.65	+.10	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.75	17.30	17.45	+.15	17.15
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.75	17.55	17.65	+.10	17.45
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.05	16.65	16.65	NC	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.05	17.75	17.75	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 1, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.24	27.82	27.82	NC
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.04	34.82	37.57	+2.75
Corn Oil	34.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/25/2019 12:00:00 AM

Deadline for NSA Scholarship Approaching

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Reserve Your Room for Summer Seminar

www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Planter Considerations

Click here to view his observations and recommendations for calibration and adjustments to achieve excellent plant spacing.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

3/18/2019 12:00:00 AM

Proper Spring Grain Drying and Storage Critical

The naturalair-drying for oil sunflowers requires an airflow rate of 0.75 cfm/bu for up to 15 percent moisture. The drying should start when outdoor temperatures average about 40 degrees.

Click here for more tips.

NSA Website Offers Help for Growers

Click here to visit the growers section on our website. This section addresses many questions and factors that influence a successful sunflower crop. Several links are provided that give more details about many important topics, including insects, diseases, weeds, yield trials, approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance, and more.

Deadline for NSA Scholarship Approaching

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Reserve Your Room for Summer Seminar

click here, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

March/April Issue of The Sunflower Coming Soon

The Sunflowerwill be arriving in your mailbox soon. This is the final issue of the 2018-19 magazine year, but we are always looking for story ideas and planning for next year. If you have any story ideas, give us a call or click here to submit them online.

Upcoming Events

March 19, 2019
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

June 25-27, 2019
NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 18, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.06	29.40	29.44	+.04	30.47
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.65	17.35	17.45	+.10	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.50	17.35	17.45	+.10	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.55	16.95	17.20	+.25	17.15
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.55	17.30	17.45	+.15	17.55
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.00	16.55	16.65	+.10	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.00	17.65	17.75	+.10	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 18, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.26	28.64	28.44	-.20
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.06	35.40	35.44	+.04
Corn Oil	34.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/11/2019 12:00:00 AM

NSA goes to DC

Left to Right: Kevin Capistran (MN),
Clark Coleman (ND), Lance Hourigan
(SD), Karl Esping (KS)

Several members of the National Sunflower Association’s board of directors spent time last week in Washington, DC. Members made visits to members of Congress from Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota about Farm Bill implementation, Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations and enactment of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. In addition, the group met with officials from the USDA APHIS/Wildlife Services to discuss blackbird depredation concerns, USDA Risk Management Agency addressing quality adjustments for con-oil sunflower and USDA Agricultural Research Service to support the National Sclerotinia Initiative.

Sunflower Meeting Set for March 13

mhbragg@ag.tamu.edu.

Reserve Your Room for Summer Seminar

www.medora.com, select hotel reservations and enter check-in and check-out dates. You also need to enter Group Code 5781. You can also call 1-800-633-6721 and ask for the NSA block of rooms. The program is being finalized now and registration will open soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

3/4/2019 12:00:00 AM

North Dakota County Sunflower Election Results

District 1 election will be March 21 at 11 a.m. at the Walsh County Extension Building in Park River, ND.

Cavalier County – Paul Boesl, Langdon
Nelson County – Scott Nelson, Lakota (current district representative)
Pembina County – Craig Sharp, Hamilton

District 6 election will be March 19 at 11 a.m.

McLean County – Eugene Wirtz, Underwood
Mountrail County – Keith Meiers, Ross
Ward County – Cale Neshem, Berthold
Williams County – T.J. Halverson, Tioga

District 7 election will be held March 26 at 1 p.m. at the Ramada Grand Dakota in Dickinson, ND.

Adams County – Steve Wegner, Reeder
Grant County – Terry Nagel, Carson
Billings County – Bill Kessel, Belfield
Bowman County – Jeff Brown, Scranton
Mercer County – Dean Knell, Hazen
Oliver County – Lonnie Henke, Hannover
Slope County – Mike Hansen, Bowman
Stark County – Art Ridl, Dickinson (current district representative)

iPad Winners

Josh Lechman (CCTA)

Daryl Kopriva (No-Till on the Plains)

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the NSA’s High Plains Committee Booth. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Production Resource Books Available on NSA Website

Click here to visit the growers section of our website; check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection and more.

Upcoming Events

March 19, 2019
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

June 25-27, 2019
NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 4, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.01	30.36	29.78	-.58	31.03
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	17.25	17.25	NC	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.20	17.00	17.15	+.15	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	17.10	17.05	-.05	16.95
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.40	17.45	17.40	-.05	17.55
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.90	16.65	16.65	NC	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.90	17.75	17.75	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 4, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.41	29.56
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.21	36.36	35.78	-.58
Corn Oil	34.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Minnesota Reports Record Sunflower Yields

2/25/2019 12:00:00 AM

Mandan, ND– The USDA estimate for 2018 US sunflower production was released earlier this month. Minnesota had a great sunflower crop last year with some reported yields as high as 3,500 pounds per acre. So, it was no surprise that the Minnesota average oil-type yield per acre of 2,250 pounds increased 300 pounds from 2017 and was a record high. The non-oil yield was also a record high in Minnesota at 2,150, topping the previous record high by 200 pounds.

“What is especially impressive about those numbers is that we had a long dry spell in Northwest Minnesota where much of the state's sunflower crop is grown,” says Kevin Capistran, Crookston, MN producer and past-chairman of the National Sunflower Association’s Board of Directors. “Essentially, it didn’t rain for about six weeks in July and August, yet we still had a very good quality crop and very little disease. I think that goes to show that if we can take care of the disease issues we’ve battled in the past, we can grow a really good sunflower crop year after year.”

Minnesota was the third largest state in terms of total sunflower production. The state’s sunflower production increased 67% from 2017 to 2018. Minnesota producers planted more sunflower acres in 2018 as well. Planted acres increased 36% from 38,700 acres in 2017 to 52,500 acres of sunflower in 2018; 45,000 of those were oil-type sunflower while 7,500 were non-oil.

Click here to see the entire Annual Sunflower Crop Production Report.

Sunflower Highlights

2/25/2019 12:00:00 AM

USDA to Survey Farmers’ Planting Intentions for 2019

Click here to see the reports.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

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Sunflower Highlights

2/19/2019 12:00:00 AM

National Sclerotinia Initiative to Meet in Fargo

FMC to Sponsor Annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser

Sunflower Production Meetings Scheduled

Click here to reserve your spot by February 26 online or by call the hosting K-State Extension office.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

NSA Board of Directors Meets This Week

Upcoming Events

March 19, 2019
NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS

June 25-27, 2019
NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.86	30.33	29.74	-.59	31.03
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.35	17.25	17.25	NC	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.25	17.00	17.00	NC	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.20	16.90	17.10	+.20	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.20	17.40	17.45	+.05	17.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	16.55	16.55	NC	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.70	17.65	17.65	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, February 19, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.06	29.53	28.94	-.59
Cotton Oil (psby)	29.86	36.33	35.74	-.59
Corn Oil	37.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM

Crop Insurance for Organic Sunflower Producers

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

2019 NSA Gold Award Nominations Being Accepted

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 25-27 in Medora, ND.

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Sunflower Highlights

2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM

USDA Annual Crop Production Report Scheduled for Release

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Agricultural Tile Drainage Design Workshop Scheduled

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NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

2019 NSA Gold Award Nominations Being Accepted

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 15, 2019. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 25-27 in Medora, ND.

Upcoming Events

February 5-6, 2019: CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO
March 19, 2019: NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 25-27, 2019: NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, February 4, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.50	30.30	30.13	-.17	31.26
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.45	16.85	16.90	+.05	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.35	17.00	17.00	NC	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.15	16.60	16.65	+.05	16.90
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.15	17.25	17.25	NC	17.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	16.55	16.55	NC	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.70	17.65	17.65	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, February 4, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.70	29.50	29.33	-.17
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.50	36.30	36.13	-.17
Corn Oil	35.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM

2019 Research Presentations Available Online

Click here to see this year’s presentations. For a historical look, all the presentations dating back to 2008 are available there as well. Researchers from North and South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, and Iowa presented papers and posters on their work.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

2019 NSA Gold Award Nominations Being Accepted

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 15, 2019. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 25-27 in Medora, ND.

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Sunflower Highlights

1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM

Nominations Invited for NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 15, 2019. The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during this year’s NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 25-27 in Medora, ND.

Upcoming North Dakota County Elections

Grant County – January 29, 1 p.m.

Billings County – January 30, 6:30 p.m.

Mercer County – January 31, 11:30 a.m.

McKenzie County – February 1, 1 p.m.

Stark County – February 1, 2 p.m.

Walsh County- February 4, 1 p.m.

McLean County – February 6, 2:30 p.m.

Pembina County – February 7, 9 a.m.

Ramsey County – February 7, 10:50 a.m.

Burke County – February 12, 11:30 a.m.

Grand Forks County – February 27, 10 a.m.

District elections will be held in March. For more information on county elections, contact your county agent or the State Oilseed Council office.

Plan Now to Attend the 31st Annual CCTA High Plains No-Till Conference

Click here for details and to register. The conference includes more than 50 breakout sessions covering soil health, general no-till, regenerative grazing, technology, farm business, and more.The NSA’s High Plains committee will be at the show and will give away one iPad per show, so if you attend, make sure you visit the High Plains booth.

Monitor Moisture of Binned Seeds

Click here for more storage tips.

Upcoming Events

February 5-6, 2019 - CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO
March 19, 2019 - NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 25-27, 2019 - NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.16	28.11	29.06	+.95	30.20
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.60	17.10	17.00	-.10	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.50	17.10	17.00	-.10	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.35	16.70	16.60	-.10	16.90
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.35	17.10	17.25	+.15	17.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	16.50	16.55	+.05	16.75
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.65	17.60	17.65	+.05	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, January 22, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.36	27.60	28.26	+.66
Cotton Oil (psby)	30.16	33.40	35.06	+1.66
Corn Oil	35.00	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM

2019 Research Requests Total Over $300,000

NSA Research Forum Attracts Large Crowd

stannual research forum January 9-10 in Fargo, ND. Researchers in North and South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, and Iowa presented papers and posters on their work. Attendees heard presentations on weeds, insects, disease, and new varieties of sunflower. All presentations will be uploaded to the NSA website within the next few weeks.

Win an iPad!

No-Till on the Plains, Wichita, KS – January 29-30, 2019

CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO – February 5-6, 2019

For a chance to win, producers must stop by the NSA High Plains booth and register. Winners will be publicized after the shows.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also get a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there too.

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National Sunflower Association to Host 2019 Research Forum in Fargo, ND

1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM

Mandan, ND – Sunflower producers looking for some expert advice on the crop should plan to attend the National Sunflower Association’s annual Research Forum this week. The forum will be held January 9-10, 2019 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND.

The forum is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion, and stimulate creative thinking.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University and University of Nebraska will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more.

David Lyall will be the noon speaker at this year’s forum. Lyall is CEO and Co-Founder of Bee Innovative, an Australian AgTech company, and is the inventor of “BeeDar.’ Bee Innovative has developed a unique, drone-based technology for precision pollination that promises to increase yields and improve accuracy and efficacy of crop pollination season to season but also has a vital role to play in protecting and improving the health of our honey bee populations. Lyall will talk about putting the power of pollination back in your hands and protecting our bee populations into the future.

Click here for registration information and the agenda for the meeting. For more information, contact John Sandbakken or Jody Kerzman.

Sunflower Highlights

1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM

2019 NSA Research Forum is This Week

stannual Sunflower Research Forum starts Wednesday.Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University and University of Nebraska will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more. The forum is set for January 9-10 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND. The forum is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion, and stimulate creative thinking. It’s not too late to attend; you can register at the door on Wednesday morning! Click here for more information and a schedule.

David Lyall to Speak at NSA Research Forum

Yield Trials and Hybrid Disease Ratings Available Online

Click here to find yield trials and hybrid disease ratings for your state.

Production Guides for Sunflower Available on NSA Website

Click here to access them all on our website. Check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection, and more.

‘Cover Your Acres’ Conference is Next Week

Click here to learn more and to register.

Upcoming Events

January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 25-27, 2019 – NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 7, 2019 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.43	27.90	28.26	+.36	29.61
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.65	17.25	17.40	+.15	17.25
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.55	17.20	17.40	+.20	17.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	17.05	16.80	+.25	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	17.30	17.20	-.10	17.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.75	16.60	16.70	+.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	17.70	17.80	+.10	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 7, 2109
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.69	27.40	27.76	+.36
Cotton Oil (psby)	32.43	33.18	33.51	+.33
Corn Oil	36.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM

Grower Reports

Register to Attend the NSA Research Forum

thAvenue South, Fargo). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. Registration will increase to $145 on December 28, 2018. No refunds will be given after December 28, 2018. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $40 each. If you have questions, contact Tina Mittelsteadt at 888-718-7033 or email her at tinam@sunflowernsa.com. See you in Fargo!

Holiday Break

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	40.2%	39.0%
Foreign Material	4.7%	6.0%
Moisture	8.7%	8.1%
Test Weight	28.1 lbs	28.5 lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.0%	42.7%
Foreign Material	3.5%	4.8%
Moisture	9.8%	9.3%
Test Weight	30.6 lbs	29.2 lbs

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Sunflower Highlights

12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM

RMA Changes Final Planting Date in North Dakota

Sunflower Breakout Session at Prairie Grains Conference

Additional Time to Harvest Due to Wet Conditions

Click here for more information.

Register Now for 2019 NSA Research Forum

th Avenue South, Fargo, ND). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. Registration will increase to $145 on December 28 2018.

Exports of Sunflower Oil Increase

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	40.2%	39.0%
Foreign Material	4.7%	6.0%
Moisture	8.7%	8.1%
Test Weight	28.1 lbs	28.5 lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.1%	42.7%
Foreign Material	3.8%	4.8%
Moisture	9.9%	9.3%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	29.2 lbs

Upcoming Events

January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 25-27, 2019 – NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, December 10, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.40	28.31	28.52	+.21	30.06
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.70	16.80	16.90	+.10	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.60	16.50	16.70	+.20	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	16.65	16.65	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	16.85	16.85	NC	17.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	16.60	16.60	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.70	17.70	NC	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, December 10, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.96	27.97	28.16	+.19
Cotton Oil (psby)	32,46	31.57	31.76	+.19
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

12/3/2018 12:00:00 AM

NSA Board of Directors Elects Officers

Register to Attend the NSA Research Forum

thAvenue South, Fargo). Visit our website – www.sunflowernsa.com/events/2019-NSA-Research-Forum/ – to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. Registration will increase to $145 on December 28, 2018. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn at a nightly rate of $98 plus tax. The block will be held until December 9, 2018. Call the Holiday Inn at 877-282-2700 and identify National Sunflower Association.

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	40.2%	39.0%
Foreign Material	5.0%	6.2%
Moisture	8.7%	8.2%
Test Weight	28.2 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.0%	42.4%
Foreign Material	3.1%	3.7%
Moisture	10.7%	9.5%
Test Weight	30.6 lbs	29.9 lbs

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Sunflower Highlights

11/26/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 26, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	80	74	92	90
South Dakota
Harvested	73	63	93	92
Minnesota
Harvested	98	90	100	98
Kansas
Harvested	82	71	89	91
Colorado
Harvested	82	72	95	95
Texas
Harvested	89	86	90	88

FDA Approves New Qualified Health Claim for Oils

Click here to learn more about the FDA announcement.

Register Now for 2019 NSA Research Forum

thAvenue South, Fargo). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn at a nightly rate of $98 plus tax. The block will be held until December 9, 2018. Call the Holiday Inn at 877-282-2700 and identify National Sunflower Association.

Smude’s Sunflower Oil Named Ag Innovator of the Year

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	40.2%	39.2%
Foreign Material	5.0%	6.1%
Moisture	8.4%	7.9%
Test Weight	28.2 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	43.6%	42.5%
Foreign Material	3.6%	4.7%
Moisture	9.0%	9.2%
Test Weight	31.3 lbs	30.8 lbs

Upcoming Events

November 27-28, 2018 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 4, 2018– High Plains Committee Meeting,Goodland, KS
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 25-27, 2019 – NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 26, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.60	27.32	26.96	-.36	28.57
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.65	16.70	16.70	NC	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.50	NQ	NQ	----	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.50	16.55	16.55	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.50	16.55	16.55	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	16.65	16.65	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.75	17.75	NC	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 26, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.10	26.73	26.36	-.36
Cotton Oil (psby)	32.60	30.32	29.96	-.36
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/19/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 19, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	74	68	86	88
South Dakota
Harvested	63	55	88	93
Minnesota
Harvested	90	83	96	95
Kansas
Harvested	71	63	85	89
Colorado
Harvested	72	56	86	88
Texas
Harvested	86	82	86	86

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	41.3%	39.23%
Foreign Material	4.9%	6.1%
Moisture	8.0%	7.9%
Test Weight	28.0 lbs	28.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.0%	43.5%
Foreign Material	3.6%	3.3%
Moisture	8.9%	8.9%
Test Weight	31.5 lbs	31.0 lbs

Register Now for the 2019 NSA Research Forum

thAvenue South, Fargo). Click here to register for the forum at the early bird price of $130. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn at a nightly rate of $98 plus tax. The block will be held until December 9, 2018. Call the Holiday Inn at 877-282-2700 and identify National Sunflower Association.

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Sunflower Highlights

11/13/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, November 13, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	68	61	80	74
South Dakota
Harvested	55	45	79	76
Minnesota
Harvested	83	73	92	90
Kansas
Harvested	63	51	71	72
Colorado
Harvested	56	44	77	80
Texas
Harvested	82	78	83	81

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, November 13, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Colorado	2	15	25	55	3

Sunflower Production Meeting Scheduled

ADM and Cargill Form Technology Joint Venture

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Upcoming Events

November 27-28, 2018 – Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 4, 2018– High Plains Committee Meeting,Goodland, KS
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND
June 25-27, 2019 – NSA Summer Seminar, Medora, ND

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	41.3%	41.3%
Foreign Material	4.9%	5.8%
Moisture	8.0%	9.3%
Test Weight	28.0 lbs	29.4lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.3%	43.4%
Foreign Material	3.4%	4.8%
Moisture	8.8%	8.9%
Test Weight	31.6 lbs	30.8 lbs

USDA delivered bearish news to traders in their November report last week. USDA pegged soybean production at a record 4.6 billion bushels, down 90 million bushels, or about 2%, from the October forecast. However, domestic soybean ending stocks came in at 955 million bushels, up 70 million bushels from last month as USDA reduced soybean exports by 160 million bushels on lower sales forecasts to China.Sunflower harvest continues to slowly move along in the US. Most states are equal to or trailing the five-year average harvest pace per USDA. Wet and below normal cold weather has hampered harvest progress in the largest production area of the Dakotas and Minnesota. In the past week, producers harvested an additional 102,900 acres pushing 2018 harvested acres to more than 710,000 acres. This represents 62% of this year’s projected harvested acres and is behind the five-year average. Last year at this time 81% of the crop was harvested. Seed quality remains generally very good. Sunflower prices at the crush plants ended the week mixed at unchanged to up 5 cents. New crop sunflower prices are out at the crush plants with cash and Act of God (AOG) contracts available. Something else to consider is the oil premiums that crush plants pay on sunflower.With the USDA production estimate in the market and harvest wrapping up in the Northern Hemisphere attention now shifts to demand and to South America's crops.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.33	29.90	27.55	-.35	29.22
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.50	16.70	16.70	NC	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.40	NQ	NQ	----	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.45	16.50	16.55	+.05	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.45	16.55	16.55	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	16.65	16.65	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.55	17.75	17.75	NC	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on November 13, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.83	27.30	26.95	-.35
Cotton Oil (psby)	33.33	29.90	29.55	-.35
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/5/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 5, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	61	49	70	60
South Dakota
Harvested	45	16	66	62
Minnesota
Harvested	73	58	86	82
Kansas
Harvested	51	40	53	57
Colorado
Harvested	44	31	63	67
Texas
Harvested	78	73	79	77

Crop Conditions - Monday, November 5, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Colorado	3	7	26	59	5

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	41.3%	41.3%
Foreign Material	4.7%	6.5%
Moisture	7.9%	7.9%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	29.3lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	44.3%	42.9%
Foreign Material	3.6%	4.6%
Moisture	9.1%	9.0%
Test Weight	31.7 lbs	31.0 lbs

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Sunflower Highlights

10/29/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 29, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	49	30	53	43
South Dakota
Harvested	16	8	48	48
Minnesota
Harvested	58	33	75	69
Kansas
Harvested	40	25	38	42
Colorado
Harvested	31	20	28	48
Texas
Harvested	73	72	72	73

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 29, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	6	27	62	4
Colorado	2	6	19	65	8

Seed Quality

High Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	41.35%	41.3%
Foreign Material	4.7%	5.8%
Moisture	7.9%	9.3%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	29.4lbs
Northern Plains	2018	2017
Oil Content	43.7%	43.4%
Foreign Material	3.5%	4.8%
Moisture	8.5%	8.9%
Test Weight	31.0 lbs	30.8 lbs

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 29, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.68	29.15	27.89	-1.26	29.47
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.20	NQ	16.90	----	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	NQ	NA	----	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.15	17.05	16.55	-.50	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	17.15	17.05	16.55	-.50	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.85	16.85	16.75	-.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.85	18.00	17.85	-.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on October 29, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.18	28.65	27.29	-1.36
Cotton Oil (psby)	33.68	31.15	29.89	-1.26
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/22/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 22, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	30	15	29	25
South Dakota
Harvested	8	5	30	32
Minnesota
Harvested	33	17	47	49
Kansas
Harvested	25	16	15	27
Colorado
Harvested	20	8	11	31
Texas
Harvested	72	70	68	70

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 22, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	5	27	66	2
Minnesota	0	2	29	53	16
Colorado	2	3	29	58	8

Call for Papers

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Sunflower Highlights

10/15/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 15, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	97	91	91	88
Harvested	15	9	11	12
South Dakota
Harvested	5	4	14	17
Minnesota
Harvested	17	16	19	32
Kansas
Harvested	16	12	5	15
Texas
Harvested	70	68	64	66

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 15, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	7	30	58	4
Minnesota	0	2	29	56	13
Colorado	1	2	26	66	5

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Call for Papers

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 15, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.59	29.33	29.76	+.43	31.33
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.95	17.25	17.25	NC	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.25	17.25	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.85	17.10	17.10	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.35	17.35	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.80	16.85	16.85	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	18.00	18.00	NC	NQ

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.

Markets

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on October 15, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.09	29.14	29.26	+.12
Cotton Oil (psby)	32.59	31.64	31.76	+.12
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/9/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, October 9, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	91	75	79	73
Harvested	9	6	4	5
South Dakota
Harvested	4	3	9	7
Minnesota
Harvested	16	13	5	18
Kansas
Harvested	12	6	4	7
Texas
Harvested	68	67	58	61

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, October 9, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	8	32	55	4
Minnesota	0	2	35	53	10
Colorado	0	2	27	67	4

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Sunflower Highlights

10/1/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 1, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	95	90	93	84
Mature	75	57	63	54
Harvested	6	1	2	2
South Dakota
Harvested	3	1	---	1
Minnesota
Harvested	13	4	0	7
Kansas
Harvested	6	---	3	3
Texas
Harvested	NA	66	55	56

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 1, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	7	30	59	4
Minnesota	0	2	31	56	11
Colorado	1	4	29	62	4

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Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 1, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2019 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.28	28.26	29.01	+.75	29.31
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.00	17.25	17.25	NC	17.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.00	17.25	17.25	NC	17.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.55	17.15	17.10	-.05	17.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.35	17.35	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	16.95	16.85	-.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.45	18.10	18.00	-.10	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on October 1, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.02	27.76	28.51	+.75
Cotton Oil (psby)	31.28	27.52	28.31	+.79
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/24/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 24, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	97	93	95	---
Bracts Yellow	90	80	83	69
Mature	57	40	46	---
Harvested	1	---	---	---
South Dakota
Harvested	1	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	NA	63	49	51

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 24, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	7	28	60	5
Minnesota	1	2	24	60	13
Colorado	1	3	28	64	4

Sunflower Stem Diseases

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Sunflower Highlights

9/17/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 17, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	93	89	92	86
Bracts Yellow	80	71	74	54
Mature	40	23	29	---
Texas
Harvested	63	62	47	47

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 17, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	8	30	57	4
Minnesota	1	3	32	54	10
Colorado	1	1	24	69	5

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Consider Cattail Control

Click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers that have blackbird problems. They will respond to you during the damage season by providing loaner cannons and pyrotechnics. These offices will provide further assistance in an attempt to break up large roosts. Using a combination of cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants can be even more effective when used in combination. For more information on blackbird control, click here.

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Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 17, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.19	28.03	27.43	-.60	27.70
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	17.30	17.30	NC	17.30
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.40	17.40	NC	17.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.80	17.40	17.35	-.05	17.25
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.40	17.35	-.05	17.25
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.80	16.35	16.95	+.60	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	17.35	18.10	+.75	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 17, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.69	27.60	26.93	-.67
Cotton Oil (psby)	33.19	27.10	26.70	-.40
Corn Oil	37.50	30.00	30.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 11, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	89	83	82	73
Bracts Yellow	71	58	54	36
Mature	23	14	12	---
Texas
Harvested	62	60	46	43

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 11, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	7	26	64	3
Minnesota	0	1	31	54	14
Colorado	0	1	28	67	4

Estimating Yields in Sunflower Fields

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Sunflower Highlights

9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 4, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	83	67	68	57
Bracts Yellow	58	34	32	---
Mature	14	4	3	---
Texas
Harvested	60	59	43	37

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 4, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	7	23	66	4
Minnesota	1	3	34	51	11
Colorado	1	1	27	67	4

Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in North Dakota

Amaranthus palmeri). It is the first time the weed has been found in North Dakota. Palmer amaranth is pigweed that originated in the desert region of the southwestern U.S. and has spread to the Mississippi Delta before invading Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, as well as other states. The plant in McIntosh County likely came from seeds dropped by migratory birds. Identifying Palmer amaranth can be difficult because it resembles redroot pigweed, Powell amaranth, and waterhemp. One of the best ways to distinguish Palmer amaranth from the other pigweed family plants is its leaf stem, or petiole. Palmer amaranth’s petiole is as long as or longer than the leaf blade. Another characteristic is Palmer amaranth’s distinctive, long, snaky seed heads. The seed heads can grow up to 2 feet long. To learn more about Palmer amaranth, including control strategies click here.

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers who have blackbird problems. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. They are even more effective when used together.

Benefits of Desiccation

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The US and Mexico reached a preliminary NAFTA trade pact last week, and the Trump administration gave Canada until the end of the week to resolve outstanding differences on a new NAFTA deal. Both US and Mexican officials have vowed to press on with their deal even if Canada can't resolve differences with the US. Having a NAFTA agreement in place would be good news for sunflower products as oil, meal, in-shell seed and kernel have duty free access in Canada and Mexico. Canada is the largest export market for US sunflower oil and sunflower kernel. Mexico is the second largest export market for in-shell seed and kernel. Nearby seed prices at the crush plants continue to trade close to the 60-day moving average. Mid-August through September is the critical time frame for sunflowers. Buyers will be anxiously watch crop production prospects before making longer term purchases. 2018 US sunflower production is still undetermined and will not be known until this fall. In its first estimate, USDA pegged U.S. sunflower production to decrease 4 percent in 2018/19 to 2.08 billion pounds. Most of the reduction is anticipated for non-oil type sunflower due to lower planted acres with oil-type production virtually unchanged. In October, USDA will provide an updated estimate for oil and non-oil sunflower production. These reports and demand news will set the tone for new crop sunflower price direction in the near term.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	35.10	28.37	28.39	+.02	28.78
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.45	17.30	17.30	NC	17.30
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.45	17.35	17.40	+.05	17.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.30	17.40	17.40	NC	17.25
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.40	17.40	NC	17.25
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.45	16.35	16.35	NC	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.45	17.35	17.35	NC	18.20

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, September 4, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	33.69	27.87	28.03	+.16
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.31	27.37	27.53	+.16
Corn Oil	37.50	32.00	30.00	-2.00

Sunflower Highlights

8/27/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 27, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	100	98	---	---
Petals Dry	67	37	38	33
Bracts Yellow	34	7	---	---
Mature	4	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	59	57	35	31

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 27, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	6	30	61	3
Minnesota	0	1	29	50	20
Colorado	1	4	26	64	5

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers who have blackbird problems. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. They are even more effective when used together.

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Traders are concerned in how China might respond to Washington’s proposed next round of tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese imports. Many within the trade are thinking things could get much more intense during the next couple of weeks and without an US and China trade resolution could push prices lower. Lastweek’s Pro Farmer Tour did not find any problems with the US soybean crop and could give support to USDA’s record crop estimate. Pro Farmer estimated the US soybean yield near 53.0 bushels per acre vs USDA at 51.6. It seems as if wave after wave of bearish headlines are hitting the market right now. For the most part, sunflower prices have remained steady the past few weeks. Last week old and new crop prices were unchanged at the crush plants. In most areas the sunflower crop continues to develop 10 to 14 days ahead of the five-year average pace. This has led some producers thinking of desiccating their sunflowers to begin drydown for harvest.

Sunflower Highlights

8/20/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 20, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	98	93	94	---
Petals Dry	37	7	9	---
Bracts Yellow	7	---	---	---
Texas
Harvested	NA	55	30	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 20, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	2	3	27	63	5
Minnesota	0	1	31	58	10
Colorado	1	6	28	61	4

Keep Scouting for Insects

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Monitor for Sunflower Rust

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Reducing Blackbird Damage

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Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 20, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.80	28.24	28.54	+.30	28.88
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.60	17.40	17.30	-.10	17.30
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.85	17.30	17.35	+.05	17.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.60	17.35	17.40	+.05	17.30
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.35	17.40	+.05	17.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	15.65	16.35	16.35	NC	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.90	17.35	17.35	NC	18.20

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 20, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.30	26.61	27.54	+.93
Cotton Oil (psby)	33.80	27.36	27.54	+.18
Corn Oil	39.50	32.00	32.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/13/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 13, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	93	81	84	72
Petals Dry	7	0	4	NA
Texas
Harvested	NA	48	30	17

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 13, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	2	25	66	5
Minnesota	0	1	26	54	19
Colorado	2	4	25	61	8

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prices at the crush plants were down 15 cents to unchanged. In most areas the crop continues to develop ahead of the five-year average pace. In states reporting crop conditions, the crop is being rated at 69 to 73 percent good to excellent condition.

Sunflower Highlights

8/6/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 6, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	81	54	64	50
Texas
Harvested	48	46	18	12

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 6, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	17	74	6
Minnesota	0	0	26	55	19
Colorado	3	4	18	65	10

Start Scouting for Banded Sunflower Moth and Red Sunflower Weevil

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 6, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.51	28.31	28.29	-.02	28.80
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.50	17.65	17.55	-.10	17.40
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.70	17.65	17.40	-.25	17.40
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.55	17.55	17.45	-.10	17.30
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.55	17.45	-.10	17.30
Goodland, KS	NuSun	15.25	16.35	16.35	NC	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.50	17.35	17.35	NC	18.20

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 6, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.08	26.56	26.54	-.02
Cotton Oil (psby)	35.19	27.56	27.29	-.27
Corn Oil	41.50	32.00	32.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/30/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 30, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	54	28	31	26
Texas
Harvested	46	44	4	6

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 30, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	1	9	85	4
Colorado	0	0	24	51	25
Minnesota	0	0	21	74	5

Examine Crop for Rust

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Sunflower Highlights

7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 23, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	28	14	14	11
Kansas
Planted	100	96	NA	NA
Texas
Harvested	44	42	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 23, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	1	11	79	8
Minnesota	0	0	26	50	24
Colorado	2	5	30	62	1

Start Scouting for Banded Sunflower Moth and Red Sunflower Weevil

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 23, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.61	27.64	27.97	+.33	28.32
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.50	17.60	17.65	+.05	17.55
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.60	17.65	+.05	17.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.55	17.65	17.65	NC	17.40
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.65	17.65	NC	17.40
Goodland, KS	NuSun	NQ	16.35	16.35	NC	16.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	NQ	17.35	17.35	NC	17.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 23, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.11	25.89	26.22	+.33
Cotton Oil (psby)	36.61	26.64	26.97	+.33
Corn Oil	41.50	34.00	32.00	-2.00

Sunflower Highlights

7/16/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 16, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	100	96	100	100
Blooming	14	8	8	---
South Dakota
Planted	100	96	100	100
Kansas
Planted	96	92	99	98
Texas
Harvested	NA	35	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 16, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	1	11	79	8
Minnesota	0	0	28	48	24
Colorado	0	0	30	70	0

Grower Report

Friends and Neighbors Day at USDA-ARS Mandan Site

thAve. SW in Mandan, ND.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/9/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 9, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	96	92	NA	NA
Blooming	8	1	4	NA
South Dakota
Planted	96	92	100	99
Kansas
Planted	92	88	96	94
Colorado
Planted	100	95	96	95
Texas
Planted	NA	90	95	96
Harvested	NA	30	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 9, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	14	71	12
Minnesota	0	0	31	44	25

Grower Report

Sunflower Insects Emerging

Click here to check out the weekly trap counts on the IPM website for sunflower insect traps. Stay tuned for future updates.

Reminder About Stored Seed

Click here for more information on how to safely store seed.

Upcoming Events

January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 9, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.62	28.77	28.74	-.03	29.26
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.00	18.00	18.00	NC	18.30
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	17.00	17.90	17.90	NC	18.20
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.00	17.70	17.80	+.10	18.10
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.70	17.80	+.10	18.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	NQ	16.75	16.60	-.15	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	NQ	17.75	17.60	-.15	18.20

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 9, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.18	27.13	27.11	-.02
Cotton Oil (psby)	39.68	27.77	27.86	+.11
Corn Oil	41.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 2, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	92	83	95	NA
Blooming	1	---	3	NA
South Dakota
Planted	91	87	100	94
Kansas
Planted	88	82	92	88
Colorado
Planted	95	80	89	87
Texas
Planted	90	85	90	93
Harvested	30	25	39	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 2, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	0	1	14	77	8
Minnesota	0	0	30	47	23

2018 Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Recipients Recognized

Brian Smart and Brandt Berghuis

Brian Smart and Brandt Berghuis are the recipients of this year’s Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship, administered by the National Sunflower Association. Smart and Berghuis were recognized at the Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser last week at the NSA Summer Seminar in Alexandria, MN. Each will receive $2,450. Smart is pursuing a double master’s degree in Plant Science and Software Engineering from North Dakota State University. Berghuis has worked in sunflower pathology for five years and is currently a Ph.D. student at North Dakota State University.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/25/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 25, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	100	96	NA	NA
Emerged	83	66	88	NA
South Dakota
Planted	87	75	97	84
Kansas
Planted	82	71	83	77
Colorado
Planted	80	58	82	75
Texas
Planted	85	80	87	91
Harvested	25	18	34	32
Minnesota
Planted	97	96	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 25, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	2	12	77	8
Minnesota	0	0	28	48	24

Grower Report

36th Annual Summer Seminar Starts Tomorrow

th annual NSA Summer Seminar is being held at the Arrowwood Resort Alexandria, MN June 25-28. The event begins on Tuesday evening with the annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser. Wednesday is filled with presentations covering valuable and timely information. On Thursday, we will wrap things up with the annual golf tournament. Registration at the door will be $400 and golf will be $150. Click here for a complete schedule.

Sign-Up for E-Publications

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Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 - NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 - NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 25, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.52	29.57	28.94	-.63	29.62
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.70	18.30	18.20	-.10	18.50
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	16.00	18.20	18.00	-.20	18.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.70	18.10	17.90	-.20	18.50
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	18.10	18.10	NC	18.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	NQ	17.10	16.80	-.30	17.30
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	NQ	18.10	17.80	-.30	18.45

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, Juen 25, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.77	27.77	27.14	-.63
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.52	28.57	27.94	-.63
Corn Oil	41.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/18/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 18, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	96	87	98	87
Emerged	66	NA	76	----
South Dakota
Planted	75	64	89	68
Kansas
Planted	71	53	62	60
Colorado
Planted	58	38	62	53
Texas
Planted	NA	70	80	90
Minnesota
Planted	96	94	100	93

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 18, 2018

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Minnesota	0	0	38	38	24

NSA Summer Seminar is Next Week

th annual NSA Summer Seminar, planned for June 26-28, 2018 in Alexandria, Minnesota. There’s still time to register – click here to register online. Online registration will close this Friday at 3:30 p.m. You can still register at the door, but registration will increase to $400 and golf to $150 at the door, so register now!

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/11/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 11, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	87	67	94	74
South Dakota
Planted	64	36	69	49
Kansas
Planted	53	36	32	38
Colorado
Planted	38	18	27	32
*Texas*
Planted	NA	57	70	86
*Minnesota*
Planted	94	90	97	86

Grower Report

NSA Summer Seminar to Cover Timely Topics

click here.

Register Now for NSA Summer Seminar

thannual Summer Seminar. Join us in Alexandria, MN June 25-28 for this informative and fun event. Registration is easy—click here to register on our website at . Registration will increase to $400 at the door, so register now! Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at: tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 11, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.94	30.93	30.58	-.35	31.29
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.50	18.15	18.25	+.10	18.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	15.80	18.05	18.05	NC	18.75
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.45	18.10	18.10	NC	18.70
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	18.10	18.10	NC	18.90
Goodland, KS	NuSun	NQ	17.20	17.20	NC	17.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	NQ	18.20	18.20	NC	18.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 11, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.94	29.13	28.78	-.35
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.94	29.93	29.52	-.41
Corn Oil	43.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 4, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	67	36	78	56
South Dakota
Planted	36	28	45	30
Kansas
Planted	36	16	17	18
Colorado
Planted	18	9	11	17
*Texas*
Planted	57	37	64	73
*Minnesota*
Planted	90	78	93	76

Grower Report

Hafemeister to Speak at Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You'll also find the schedule of events there. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/29/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, May 29, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	36	12	54	37
South Dakota
Planted	28	13	27	17
Kansas
Planted	16	7	4	6
Colorado
Planted	9	1	5	8
*Texas*
Planted	37	34	59	62
*Minnesota*
Planted	78	NA	83	59

Grower Report

North Dakota Producer Selected for Farm Crop Insurance Board

Summer Seminar Rate Increases June 3

increase to $350 on June 3, 2018. Registration at the door will be $400. This year’s Summer Seminar will be held June 26-28, 2018 at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minnesota. Click here to register on our website at . You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.42	31.42	31.21	-.21	32.01
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.25	17.90	18.15	+.25	18.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.80	18.05	+.25	18.75
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.10	17.90	18.10	+.20	18.70
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.90	18.10	+.20	18.90
Goodland, KS	NuSun	13.80	17.20	17.20	NC	17.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.45	18.20	18.20	NC	18.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, May 29, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.92	29.62	29.41	-.21
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.42	29.42	30.21	+.79
Corn Oil	41.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/21/2018 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, May 21, 2018

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	12	2	28	20
South Dakota
Planted	13	0	10	6
Kansas
Planted	7	2	2	2
Colorado
Planted	1	0	4	4
*Texas*
Planted	34	25	50	45

Grower Report

Register Now for Summer Seminar

Registration will increase to $350 on June 3, 2018, so register early and save. Registration at the door will be $400. This year’s Summer Seminar will be held June 26-28, 2018 at the Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minnesota. Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at: tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM

Updates to the NDSU Extension Pest Management App Available

N Calculator Available for ND Producers

here. The calculator uses the new nitrogen recommendations, which have been updated for the first time since the 1970s. There are also new recommendations for phosphorus (P) for sunflower in the Northern Great Plains. The new N and P recommendations are based on general productivity history and not a yield prediction model. N and P recommendations are based on both documented yield responses to each and economic analysis. The NDSU Fertilizing Sunflower Circular SF713 with the new recommendations can be found on our website.

Exports of Sunflower Kernel Increase

Sunflower Provides Assistance in Dealing with Salinity

click here.

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 14, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.02	30.67	31.12	+.45	31.95
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.00	17.85	17.90	+.05	18.75
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.75	17.80	+.05	18.75
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.20	17.80	17.80	NC	18.70
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.80	17.80	NC	18.90
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.10	17.10	17.10	NC	17.70
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.75	18.10	18.10	NC	18.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 14, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.52	29.07	29.70	+.63
Cotton Oil (psby)	39.02	28.87	29.25	+.38
Corn Oil	41.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/7/2018 12:00:00 AM

Additional Help to Prevent Blackbird Damage in Sunflower

Register Now for Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

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Sunflower Highlights

4/30/2018 12:00:00 AM

Work Safely Around Grain

Don’t let children work or play in an area where there is flowing grain.

All workers involved in a situation where there is flowing grain should be warned to stay out of the grain.

Warning decals should be placed at all bin entrances, on all rail cars, truck and trailer boxes used for grain hauling, and on all gravity discharge wagons.

Never enter a grain bin without stopping the auger first and using “lock-out/tag-out” procedures to secure it.

Never enter a grain bin alone; have at least two people at the bin to assist in case problems arise. Use a safety harness or safety line when entering the bin.

Install a permanent life-line hanging from the center of the bin for a person to grab on to.

Control the access to grain storage facilities to prevent grain entrapments.

For more information, check out the NDSU publication “Caught in the Grain.” It’s available online here.

Hellmann’s Using Sun Oil in Mayonnaise

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website at . You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And click here for updated sunflower prices at various locations.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 – NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 30, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.89	31.40	30.35	-1.05	31.45
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.90	17.85	17.85	NC	18.70
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.75	17.75	NC	18.70
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.05	17.70	17.80	+.10	18.60
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.70	17.80	+.10	18.80
Goodland, KS	NuSun	13.85	17.00	17.10	+.10	17.60
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.50	18.00	18.10	+.10	18.60

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 30, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.39	29.24	28.55	-.69
Cotton Oil (psby)	38.16	29.04	28.35	-.69
Corn Oil	43.50	32.00	32.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

4/23/2018 12:00:00 AM

Register Now for Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

NSA Website Provides Helpful Information for Producers

Click here to visit our website; then click on the “Growers” section – you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions there as well as links to more information about many important topics, including approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance, and more.

Sign Up For E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Click here for more tips to reduce blackbird damage.

Sunflower Oil Exports Increase

Sunflower Planting Pointers

Click here to check out the top ten sunflower planting pointers.

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up on our website. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And click here to find updated sunflower prices at various locations.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 - NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwod Resort, Alexandria, MN
January 9-10, 2019 - NSA Research Forum, Holiday Inn, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 16, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.80	31.52	31.18	-.34	32.38
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.90	17.80	17.80	NC	18.60
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.65	17.75	+.10	18.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	14.95	17.70	17.70	NC	18.50
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.70	17.70	NC	18.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	13.70	16.95	16.95	NC	17.45
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.35	17.95	17.95	NC	18.45

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 16, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.30	29.72	29.38	-.34
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.80	29,52	29.18	-.34
Corn Oil	43.00	34.00	32.00	-2.00

Sunflower Highlights

4/9/2018 12:00:00 AM

Register Now for Summer Seminar

Click here to register online our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.comwith any questions.

Reminder About Stored Seed

Exports of Kernel and In-Shell Sunflower Increase

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

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Sunflower Highlights

4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM

ND Oilseed Council Election Results

Planter Considerations

Click here to view his observations and recommendations for calibration and adjustments to achieve excellent plant spacing.

Pest Management App Available

ndsu.pest.management@ndsu.edu.

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Syngenta Scholarship Available

Click here for additional information about the scholarship, including official rules, prize amounts, essay topics, and application guidelines.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 2, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.42	31.46	32.04	+.58	32.95
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.90	17.65	17.80	+.15	18.60
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.50	17.60	+.10	18.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	14.85	17.60	17.75	+.15	18.50
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.60	17.75	+.15	18.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	13.80	17.00	17.05	+.05	17.50
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.45	18.00	18.05	+.05	18.50

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 2, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.42	29.66	30.24	+.58
Cotton Oil (psby)	37.42	29.45	30.04	+.59
Corn Oil	43.00	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/26/2018 12:00:00 AM

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. There’s a link on our website, under “Hotel Information” to make your reservation. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

NSA Website Offers Help for Growers

Click here to visit the growers section on our website. The section addresses many questions and factors that influence a successful sunflower crop. Several links are provided that give more details about many important topics, including insects, diseases, weeds, yield trails, approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance, and more.

March/April Issue of The Sunflower Coming Soon

The Sunflower will be arriving in your mailbox soon. Look for articles about NSA research funding, progress with Sclerotinia, and meet a family from Wisconsin who has big plans for sunflower. This is the final issue of the 2017-18 magazine year, but we are always looking for story ideas and planning for next year, if you have a story idea give us a call, or click here to submit your ideas on our website.

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Sunflower Highlights

3/19/2018 12:00:00 AM

2017 U.S. Crop Quality Report Available Online

Click here to view the report. The U.S. Sunflower Crop Quality Report is produced annually by the National Sunflower Association. The report contains useful information about sunflower acreage & production, confection and oil-type seed quality, mid-oleic & high oleic oil quality analysis and oil traits, product specifications, oil trading rules, statistics on marketing the crop, World and U.S. supply and demand tables, sunflower oil and meal exports for the United States, and other related topics of interest to those in the industry.

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Summer Seminar

Click here to register on our website. You’ll find our tentative schedule there too, as well as hotel information and more. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 25-28. The room block will be released May 25, 2018 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

NSA Board Members Go to Washington, DC

From left to right: Karl Esping (Lindsborg, KS), Art Ridl
(Dickinson, ND), Lance Hourigan (Lemmon, SD),
Kevin Capistran (Crookston, MN)

Several members of the National Sunflower Association’s board of directors spend time last week in Washington, DC. Members made visits to members of Congress from Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota about the upcoming Farm Bill and Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations. In addition, the group met with officials from the USDA APHIS/Wildlife Services to discuss blackbird depredation concerns.

Deadline is Approaching for NSA Scholarship

North Dakota Community Foundation website.

Spring Drying and Storage Critical

Run aeration fans periodically to keep the temperature at a proper level.

Monitor stored sunflowers closely to detect any storage problems early.

Check the moisture content of stored sunflower to determine if it needs to be dried. Oil sunflowers need to be dried to 8 percent for summer storage to prevent spoilage.

Click here for more information on drying and storing.

Upcoming Events

March 21, 2018 – NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 19, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.74	31.56	32.06	+.50	32.86
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.00	17.55	17.65	+.10	18.45
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.45	17.50	+.05	18.45
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.15	17.50	17.55	+.05	18.45
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.50	17.55	+.05	18.65
Goodland, KS	NuSun	13.90	17.00	17.00	NC	17.45
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.55	18.00	18.00	NC	18.45

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 19, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.24	29.95	30.26	+.31
Cotton Oil (psby)	38.74	29.75	30.06	+.31
Corn Oil	42.50	34.00	34.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM

FMC Introduces Authority®Supreme

North Dakota County Sunflower Election Results

District 5 election will be held Thursday, March 22 at the Main Street Diner in Fessenden at 11:00 AM.

Wells County – Stan Buxa
Rolette County – Nathan Neameyer
Sheridan – Myron Dieterle (current district representative)

District 4 election will be held Monday, March 26 at the Steele Vets Club in Steele at 1:00 PM.

Burleigh County – Clark Coleman (current district representative)
Logan County – Jody Horner
Emmons County – Preston Leier
McIntosh – Allan Rohrich

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Sunflower Highlights

3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM

John Swanson 2018 Gold Award Winner

County Level Commodity Estimates Now Available

www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/. County-level row estimates for canola and flaxseed will be published in March 2018 and dry edible peas, lentils, dry edible beans, and hay will be published in April 2018.

NSA Scholarship Available

North Dakota Community Foundation website. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Production Resource Books Available on NSA Website

www.sunflowernsa.com/growers. Check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection, and more.

Upcoming Events

March 21, 2018 – NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 5, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.02	32.62	32.01	-.61	32.85
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.20	NQ	17.25	---	18.35
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	NQ	17.20	---	18.35
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.35	17.45	17.40	-.05	18.30
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.45	17.40	-.05	18.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.25	16.90	16.90	NC	17.30
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.90	17.90	17.90	NC	18.30

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 5, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.77	30.82	30.41	-.41
Cotton Oil (psby)	42.27	30.86	30.21	-.65
Corn Oil	43.00	35.00	34.00	-1.00

Sunflower Highlights

2/26/2018 12:00:00 AM

Spitz Sunflower Seed Plant to Close

Tile Drainage Research Forum Set for Next Week

Click here to register and for more information. Participants will learn about research projects and results from 14 North Dakota State University and Minnesota researchers. The NDSU Extension Service is sponsoring the event. The forum will start at 8 a.m. with registration and conclude about 4 p.m. It will be held in the Century Theater at the NDSU Memorial Union.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here for more information and for an application. Applications can be submitted online. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up for a digital copy of Sunflower Highlights each week in your email.

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Sunflower Highlights

2/20/2018 12:00:00 AM

Syngenta Acquisition Finalized

NSA Board of Directors Meets Next Week

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements.

FMC to Sponsor Annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here for more information and to submit application. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Upcoming Events

June 26-28, 2018 - NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

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weekly prices table

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.67	31.57	31.86	+.29	32.72
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.70	17.35	17.35	NC	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.25	17.25	NC	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.20	17.15	17.20	+.05	18.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.15	17.20	+.05	18.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.10	16.70	16.70	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.75	17.70	17.70	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, February 20, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.37	29.77	30.06	+.29
Cotton Oil (psby)	40.67	29.57	29.86	+.29
Corn Oil	43.50	37.00	37.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/12/2018 12:00:00 AM

USDA to Survey Producers’ 2018 Planting Intentions

2018 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria for the award. Nominations must be received by February 23, 2018.The NSA Board of Directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 26-28, 2018 in Alexandria, MN.

NSA Scholarship Available

Click here for more information and to apply. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Markets

heavy the past few weeks and this is leading to some weakness in nearby prices. 2018 new crop sunflower prices have remained firm in a range of $17.00-$18.05. The USDA Risk Management Agency is in the discovery process in determining 2018 crop insurance price elections for sunflower. The current price election for oils is $17.60 with confection at $23.80. To follow the direction for sunflower price elections, watch the 2018 CBoT December soyoil contract during the month of February. Export news and South American weather will continue to be the main market movers.

Sunflower Highlights

2/5/2018 12:00:00 AM

NSA Scholarship Available

click here to learn more. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

2018 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 23, 2018. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 26-28, 2018 in Alexandria, MN.

Research Presentations Available Online

Click here to see this year’s presentations. For a historical look, all presentations dating back to 2008 are available there as well. Researchers from the Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa and Canada presented a total of 24 papers and 11 posters at this year’s Research Forum.

Upcoming North Dakota County Elections

Logan County: February 5, 11:45 a.m., Downtowner, 310 Main Street, Napoleon

Burleigh County: February 6, 9:00 a.m., Bismarck Event Center, Rm 101 (Prairie Rose), 315 S 5^th St, Bismarck

Rolette County: February 20, 9:00 a.m., Rolette County Extension Office, 102 2^nd ST NE, Rolla

Eddy County: February 20, 205 3^rd St SE, New Rockford

Benson county: February 22, 10:00 a.m., Benson County Courthouse Courtroom, 311 B Ave S, Minnewaukan

McIntosh County: February 23, 12:00 p.m., Wild Rose Café, Ashley

Sheridan County: February 28, 1:00 p.m., McClusky City Hall, 117 B Ave N, McClusky

District elections will be held in March.

ND Producer to be Featured on "State Plate"

Click here to learn more about the show.

Upcoming Events

February 6-7, 2018 – CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, February 5, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.44	32.87	32.50	-.37	33.23
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.70	17.60	17.45	-.15	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.45	17.35	-.10	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.50	17.30	17.15	-.15	18.05
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.30	17.15	-.15	18.05
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.25	16.70	16.70	NC	17.00
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	15.90	17.70	17.70	NC	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, February 5, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.14	31.07	30.70	-.37
Cotton Oil (psby)	42.44	30.87	30.50	-.37
Corn Oil	43.50	35.00	35.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM

Reduce Your Fertilizer Bill

www.sunflowernsa.com/uploads/3/Fertilizing.Sunflower.NDSU.SF713_Feb.2016.pdf
Sunflower Nitrogen Calculator: www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/soils/sunflower/

2018 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 23, 2018. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 26-28, 2018 in Alexandria, MN.

Monitor Moisture of Binned Seeds

Click here for more storage tips.

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Sunflower Highlights

1/22/2018 12:00:00 AM

Update From Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting

Nominations Being Accepted for 2018 NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 23, 2018. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and choose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 26-28, 2018 in Alexandria, MN.

High Plains Winter Conferences Coming Up

No-Till on the Plains conference is January 30-31 in Wichita, KS. Click here for more information. The Colorado Conservation Tillage Association’s High Plains No-Till Conference in Burlington, CO is February 6-7. Click here for details or to register. The NSA’s High Plains committee will be at both shows, and will give away one iPad per show, so if you attend, make sure you visit the High Plains booth.

Advanta Seeds Opens New Biotechnology Center

Upcoming Events

January 30-31, 2018 – No-Till on the Plains, Wichita, KS
February 6-7, 2018 – CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 22, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	35.13	32.79	32.16	-.63	32.80
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.70	17.60	17.60	NC	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.50	17.50	NC	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.45	17.40	17.35	-.05	18.00
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.40	17.35	-.05	18.00
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.45	16.70	16.65	-.05	16.95
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.10	17.70	17.65	-.05	17.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 22, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	33.13	30.94	30.36	-.58
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.13	31.79	30.16	-1.63
Corn Oil	43.50	36.50	35.00	-1.50

Sunflower Highlights

1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM

2018 Research Requests Total Over $200,000

NSA Research Forum Attracts Large Crowd

th annual research forum January 10-11 in Fargo, ND. Researchers from North and South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Canada presented a total of 24 papers and 11 posters. Attendees heard presentations on weeds, insects, disease, and new varieties of sunflower. All presentations will be uploaded to the NSA website in the next few weeks.

Win an iPad!

No-Till on the Plains, Salina, KS – January 30-31

CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO – February 6-7

For a chance to win, producers must stop by the NSA High Plains booth and register. Winners will be publicized after the shows.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up on our website. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there too.

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2017 Sunflower Yields Third Highest on Record

1/12/2018 12:00:00 AM

Despite the drought in the Dakotas last year, sunflower yields in the United States were the third highest on record. The USDA report on 2017 sunflower crop production, released today, shows the United States average yield per acre of 1,613 pounds, down 118 pounds from 2016. But in North Dakota, where many growers saw severe drought, the average yield declined only 80 pounds from 2016, to 1,636 pounds per acre.

“A dry year like we just had really showcases the drought tolerance of sunflower,” says John Sandbakken, executive director of the National Sunflower Association. “Today’s estimate for North Dakota’s production was forecast to be 51 percent higher than the October estimate.”

South Dakota, the leading sunflower-producing state during 2017, produced 1.04 billion pounds, a decrease of 2 percent from 2016. Compared with 2016, planted area in South Dakota increased 11 percent but yield decreased 208 pounds to 1,750 pounds per acre. South Dakota sunflower production was expected to be 879 million pounds back in October.

“A lot of producers thought they might need to work the crop down but I am sure they are glad that they didn’t after harvesting a much better than expected sunflower crop,” adds Sandbakken

United States production of non-oil sunflower varieties was estimated at 312 million pounds, an increase of 10 percent from 2016. Area harvested, at 172,700 acres, was up 6 percent from 2016. The average yield increased by 75 pounds from 2016 to 1,804 pounds per acre. That’s the second highest yield on record for non-oil varieties. Production of oil-type sunflower varieties, at 1.86 billion pounds, decreased 22 percent from 2016. Compared with the previous year, harvested acres were down 14 percent and the average yield decreased by 146 pounds to 1,585 pounds per acre.

Click here for more on the USDA numbers.

Sunflower Highlights

1/8/2018 12:00:00 AM

NSA Research Forum Starts Wednesday

th annual Sunflower Research Forum begins Wednesday morning in Fargo, ND. Researchers from the Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Canada will present their findings on sunflower research they’ve done. Topics will include diseases, protecting sunflower from blackbirds, insects, and more. Dr. Michael A. Grusak will be the noon speaker at this year’s NSA Research Forum, scheduled for next week. Dr. Grusak is the director of USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, ND. He will talk about sunflower research being conducted at the center. It’s not too late to attend; you can register at the door on Wednesday morning! Click here for more information and a schedule.

National Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting Set for Next Week

Yield Trials and Hybrid Disease Ratings Available Online

Click here to find yield trials and hybrid disease ratings for your state.

'Cover Your Acres' Conference is Next Week

Click here to learn more and to register.

Read the January Issue of The Sunflower Online

The Sunflower, available online now. Click here to read it. This month’s issue also includes a highlights of the 2017 national sunflower crop survey, a look at the sunflower market outlook for 2018, and an update on a Georgia distillery’s efforts to get malted sunflower spirits into more stores. Also, visit our website to sign up for e-publications, and each digital copy of the magazine will be delivered to your email inbox. Click here to sign up.

Upcoming Events

January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

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Weekly Prices

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 8, 2018 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2018 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	35.27	33.38	33.43	+.05	33.71
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.60	17.65	17.65	NC	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.55	17.55	NC	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.30	17.45	17.45	NC	18.10
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.45	17.45	NC	18.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.60	16.70	16.75	+.05	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.10	17.70	17.75	+.05	18.05

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 8, 2018
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	33.49	31.70	31.69	-.01
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.49	32.28	32.43	+.15
Corn Oil	43.00	37.50	36.50	-1.00

National Sunflower Association to Host 2018 Research Forum in Fargo, ND

1/8/2018 12:00:00 AM

Sunflower producers looking for some expert advice on the crop should plan to attend the National Sunflower Association’s annual Research Forum this week. The forum will be held January 10-11, 2018, at the Delta by Marriot in Fargo, ND. The forum is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion, and stimulate creative thinking.

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, University of Nebraska, Kansas State University, and Iowa State University will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more.

Dr. Michael A. Grusak will be the noon speaker at this year’s forum. Dr. Grusak is the director of USDA-ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center in Fargo, ND. He will talk about sunflower research being conducted at the center.

Registration information and the agenda for the meeting can be found on the NSA website. For more information, contact John Sandbakken or Jody Kerzman.

Sunflower Highlights

1/2/2018 12:00:00 AM

Register to Attend the NSA Research Forum

th Annual Sunflower Research Forum is next week. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Kansas State University, Colorado State University, Iowa State University, and more will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will range from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more. The forum is set for January 10-11, 2018 at the Delta by Marriott in Fargo, ND. The forum is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion, and stimulate creative thinking. For more information and to register, click here. You’ll find hotel information there as well. Registration is now $145 and will be $170 at the door.

Dr. Michael A. Grusak to Speak at NSA Research Forum

Production Guides for Sunflower Available on NSA Website

Click here to access them all online. Check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The book provides guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection, and more.

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Sunflower Highlights

12/11/2017 12:00:00 AM

SunOpta Inc. Moving All Production to Crookston, MN

Exports of Sunflower Oil, Kernel, and In-Shell Sunflower All Increase

Register Now for 2018 NSA Research Forum

Click here to register online now for the early bird price of $130 at . Registration will increase to $145 on December 29, 2017. Registration at the door will be $170. No refunds will be given after December29, 2017. Additional banquet tickets can be purchased for $40 each. If you have questions, contact Tina Mittelsteadt at (888)718-7033 ext. 3 or email her at tinam@sunflowernsa.com. See you in Fargo!

Holiday Break

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	39.0%	40.8%
Foreign Material	6.0%	6.3%
Moisture	8.1%	7.5%
Test Weight	28.5 lbs	30.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	42.7%	43.5%
Foreign Material	4.8%	4.5%
Moisture	9.3%	9.0%
Test Weight	29.2 lbs	30.5 lbs

Upcoming Events

January 10-11, 2018 - NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28 ,2018 - NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwod Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, December 11, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	36.76	33.36	33.40	-.04	33.59
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.35	17.80	17.70	-.10	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.60	17.60	NC	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	14.75	17.50	17.45	-.05	18.15
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.50	17.45	-.05	18.15
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.60	16.60	16.55	-.05	17.00
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.10	17.60	17.55	-.05	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, December 11, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	35.97	31.94	31.96	+.02
Cotton Oil (psby)	44.97	32.36	32.46	+.10
Corn Oil	42.50	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

12/4/2017 12:00:00 AM

Mark Jirik Hired as Director of Northern Crops Institute

Arca Continental Acquires Deep River Snacks

Register Now for the 2018 NSA Research Forum

Click here to register online now for the early bird price of $130. Registration will increase to $145 on December 29, 2017.

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	39.0%	40.8%
Foreign Material	6.2%	6.3%
Moisture	8.2%	7.5%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	30.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	42.4%	43.5%
Foreign Material	3.7%	4.5%
Moisture	9.5%	9.0%
Test Weight	29.9 lbs	30.5 lbs

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Sunflower Highlights

11/27/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 27, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	93	87	96	93
South Dakota
Harvested	94	89	99	94
Colorado
Harvested	96	87	96	96
Kansas
Harvested	90	83	94	94
Texas
Harvested	90	87	90	88

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	39.2%	40.8%
Foreign Material	6.1%	6.3%
Moisture	7.9%	7.5%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	30.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	42.5%	43.5%
Foreign Material	4.7%	4.5%
Moisture	9.2%	9.0%
Test Weight	30.8 lbs	30.5 lbs

NSA Board of Directors to Meet This Week

Register Now for 2018 NSA Research Forum

Click here to register for the early bird price of $130.

USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with End-of-the-Year Surveys

Upcoming Events

December 5-6, 2017 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 6, 2017 – High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 27, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	36.71	33.95	33.60	-.35	34.00
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.75	17.65	17.65	NC	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.50	17.50	NC	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	14.85	17.45	17.50	+.05	18.15
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NQ	17.45	17.50	+.05	18.15
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.65	16.50	16.55	+.05	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.35	17.50	17.55	+.05	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 27, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	35.21	32.45	32.10	-.35
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.71	32.95	32.60	-.35
Corn Oil	44.50	37.50	37.50	NC

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11/20/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 20, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	87	81	91	86
South Dakota
Harvested	89	81	96	88
Minnesota
Harvested	97	93	98	96
Colorado
Harvested	87	79	92	91
Kansas
Harvested	83	74	88	88
Texas
Harvested	87	83	87	87

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	39.2%	40.8%
Foreign Material	6.1%	6.3%
Moisture	7.9%	7.5%
Test Weight	28.4 lbs	30.4lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	43.5%	43.5%
Foreign Material	3.3%	4.5%
Moisture	8.9%	9.0%
Test Weight	31.0lbs	30.5lbs

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11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 13, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	81	72	84	78
South Dakota
Harvested	81	69	92	81
Minnesota
Harvested	93	87	90	92
Colorado
Harvested	79	68	89	84
Kansas
Harvested	74	55	77	76
Texas
Harvested	83	80	84	83

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	41.3%	40.9%
Foreign Material	4.7%	6.3%
Moisture	7.9%	7.7%
Test Weight	29.3 lbs	30.6lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	42.7%	43.5%
Foreign Material	4.6%	3.5%
Moisture	9.0%	9.7%
Test Weight	31.0 lbs	31lbs

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 13, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.95	34.73	34.33	-.40	34.78
Fargo, ND	NuSun	14.55	17.30	17.50	+.20	18.00
Fargo, ND	High Oleic	NA	17.20	17.40	+.20	18.25
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	14.55	17.30	17.45	+.15	18.10
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	NA	17.30	17.45	+.15	18.10
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.20	16.70	16.55	-.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.70	17.70	17.55	-.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 13, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.45	32.23	32.83	+.60
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.95	33.73	33.33	-.40
Corn Oil	45.50	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 6, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	72	57	72	66
South Dakota
Harvested	69	51	87	70
Minnesota
Harvested	87	79	84	86
Colorado
Harvested	68	30	80	72
Kansas
Mature	97	91	95	95
Harvested	55	42	63	63
Texas
Harvested	80	73	80	80

Crop Conditions - Monday, November 6, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Colorado	1	2	12	60	25
Kansas	1	3	31	54	11

Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	41.3%	40.9%
Foreign Material	4.7%	6.5%
Moisture	7.9%	7.7%
Test Weight	29.3 lbs	30.5lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	42.9%	43.5%
Foreign Material	4.6%	4.3%
Moisture	9.0%	9.7%
Test Weight	31.0 lbs	30.9 lbs

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10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 30, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	57	32	51	51
South Dakota
Harvested	51	32	71	59
Minnesota
Harvested	79	51	78	76
Colorado
Harvested	30	13	61	57
Kansas
Bracts Yellow	97	91	97	----
Mature	91	81	89	90
Harvested	42	17	48	48
Texas
Harvested	73	69	72	73

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 30, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	6	13	36	43	2
South Dakota	3	22	44	25	6
Colorado	2	5	15	57	21
Kansas	1	5	33	52	9

Sharon, ND producer Ben Vig says sunflower harvest is just about complete in eastern North Dakota. Vig says that’s especially good news considering the area was covered with a small dusting of snow this morning. He says sunflower yields were good; he reports some white mold at the end of the growing season, but says he didn’t affect the crop much.

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Seed Quality

High Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	41.3%	41.0%
Foreign Material	5.8%	7.2%
Moisture	9.3%	8.1%
Test Weight	29.4 lbs	31.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2017	2016
Oil Content	43.4%	43.5%
Foreign Material	4.8%	4.3%
Moisture	8.9%	9.7%
Test Weight	30.8 lbs	30.9 lbs

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 30, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	35.17	34.63	34.64	+.05	35.08
Fargo, ND	NuSun	15.10	17.00	17.20	+.20	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	15.20	16.90	17.15	+.25	18.20
Goodland, KS	NuSun	14.80	17.00	16.85	-.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.80	18.00	17.85	-.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 30, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	33.67	32.13	32.18	+.05
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.17	33.63	33.58	+.05
Corn Oil	45.50	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/23/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 23, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	98	93	97	----
Harvested	32	12	36	37
South Dakota
Mature	95	84	91	----
Harvested	32	15	54	43
Minnesota
Harvested	51	21	63	62
Colorado
Harvested	13	2	34	40
Kansas
Petals Dry	96	93	100	----
Bracts Yellow	91	83	93	94
Mature	81	69	82	81
Harvested	17	5	36	33
Texas
Harvested	69	65	69	70

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 23, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	13	39	39	2
South Dakota	3	20	46	26	5
Minnesota	0	1	16	57	26
Colorado	1	2	15	59	23
Kansas	1	5	29	57	8

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10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 16, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	93	81	93	91
Harvested	12	4	21	24
South Dakota
Bracts Yellow	96	85	89	----
Mature	84	62	81	----
Harvested	15	10	37	26
Minnesota
Harvested	21	6	48	46
Colorado
Harvested	1	----	10	25
Kansas
Petals Dry	93	88	94	96
Bracts Yellow	83	77	87	88
Mature	69	55	72	70
Harvested	5	4	24	22
Texas
Harvested	65	59	65	70

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 16, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	12	43	36	2
South Dakota	4	23	47	23	3
Minnesota	0	1	15	62	22
Colorado	1	1	12	62	24
Kansas	1	3	26	56	14

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 16, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	35.44	33.02	33.59	+.57	34.07
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.60	16.90	16.95	+.05	18.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.80	16.70	16.85	+.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.10	16.65	16.80	+.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	17.65	17.80	+.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 16, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	33.94	30.61	31.09	+.48
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.44	32.02	32.59	+.57
Corn Oil	45.50	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, October 10, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	98	94	94	----
Mature	81	65	84	78
Harvested	4	2	11	12
South Dakota
Petals Dry	98	94	93	----
Bracts Yellow	85	74	81	90
Mature	62	39	63	----
Harvested	10	----	13	12
Minnesota
Harvested	6	0	36	32
Kansas
Petals Dry	88	83	90	92
Bracts Yellow	77	69	79	79
Mature	55	44	60	----
Harvested	4	3	9	11
Texas
Harvested	59	55	60	60

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, October 10, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	8	16	39	35	2
South Dakota	4	21	47	25	3
Minnesota	0	1	15	62	22
Colorado	1	5	21	55	18
Kansas	1	3	34	50	12

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10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 2, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	94	84	91	87
Mature	65	48	71	62
Harvested	2	----	4	6
South Dakota
Petals Dry	94	87	84	94
Bracts Yellow	74	59	66	81
Mature	39	25	36	----
Kansas
Petals Dry	83	76	83	86
Bracts Yellow	69	59	67	68
Mature	44	32	42	----
Harvested	3	----	4	5
Texas
Harvested	55	50	57	56

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 2, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	6	13	39	40	2
South Dakota	5	24	47	20	4
Minnesota	0	1	16	57	26
Colorado	1	4	17	68	10
Kansas	1	5	32	52	10

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 2, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.05	33.78	32.38	-1.50	32.52
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	17.10	17.00	-.10	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.60	16.80	16.55	-.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.40	16.70	16.45	-.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.40	17.70	17.45	-.25	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 2, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.55	31.28	30.02	-1.26
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.05	32.78	31.28	-1.50
Corn Oil	46.00	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/25/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 25, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	95	93	94	----
Bracts Yellow	84	77	82	74
Mature	48	32	50	----
South Dakota
Petals Dry	87	71	77	88
Bracts Yellow	59	35	48	66
Mature	25	10	----	----
Kansas
Petals Dry	76	63	75	76
Bracts Yellow	59	38	52	53
Mature	32	16	21	----
Texas
Harvested	NA	47	50	52

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 25, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	9	13	39	37	2
South Dakota	6	21	48	22	3
Minnesota	0	1	14	63	22
Colorado	1	4	19	62	14
Kansas	1	4	26	57	12

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Sunflower Highlights

9/18/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Colorado's sunflower crop is doing well, with 80 percent of the crop reported in good to excellent condition. In Minnesota, 86 percent of the sunflower crop is rated good to excellent.

Crop Progress - Monday, September 18, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	93	84	89	88
Bracts Yellow	77	57	73	59
Mature	32	14	31	----
South Dakota
Petals Dry	71	56	60	77
Bracts Yellow	35	23	27	47
Mature	10	5	----	----
Kansas
Blooming	100	97	----	----
Petals Dry	63	39	61	66
Bracts Yellow	38	18	33	36
Mature	16	4	12	----
Texas
Harvested	NA	46	40	46

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 18, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	8	13	44	34	1
South Dakota	8	21	45	24	2
Minnesota	0	1	13	64	22
Colorado	1	3	16	70	10
Kansas	0	2	29	60	9

Grower Report

Bismarck, ND area producer Clark Coleman says his sunflower crop is looking pretty good. The fields are starting to mature and he says harvest will be here soon. He decided not to desiccate the crop this year, as there are not a lot of blackbirds in the area. He hopes to start harvest on his 1,000 acres of high oleic sunflowers in the next couple of weeks.

Sunflower Stem Diseases

A visit to sunflower fields at this time of year can provide information on what diseases you might face in future years. This is particularly true with stem diseases. Two stem diseases (charcoal rot and verticillium wilt) tend to be more common in dry years, while Phoma, Phomopsis, and Sclerotinia stalk rot tend to be more common in years with adequate or excessive moisture. Learn more about these and other diseases on our website and on NDSU's website.

Consider Cattail Control

Now is a good time to remove blackbird roosting locations such as cattails. Cattails serve as blackbird habitat so it’s in the sunflower producer’s best interest to get rid of as much as possible. The USDA can also help with blackbird control. Click here
for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers that have blackbird problems. They will respond to you during the damage season by providing loaner cannons and pyrotechnics. These offices will provide further assistance in an attempt to break up large roosts. Using a combination of cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants can be even more effective when used in combination. For more information on blackbird control, click here.

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Sunflower prices at the crush plants ended the week mixed at down 15 cents to unchanged. According to the September USDA Farm Service Agency crop acreage report, area planted to sunflower in 2017 decreased 16 percent from 2016 and totals 1.33 million acres. Planted area of oil type varieties, at 1.17 million acres, is down 17 percent from 2016. Planted acreage of non-oil varieties, estimated at 156,000 acres, is down 12 percent from last year. Initial estimates peg the US sunflower crop at around 800,000 MT, which compares to last year’s total of 1.2 million metric tons (MMT). If realized this level of production will create very tight ending stocks at the end of the 2017/18 marketing year. USDA will release its final acreage and production estimates in January. USDA shocked the market with a bearish US 2017 soybean crop estimate last week. USDA estimated the US 2017 soybean crop near 4.431 million bushels versus the 4.328 million expected by traders. This would be a new record high for US soybean production. USDA did lower US 2016/17 and 2017/18 soyoil end stocks due to higher domestic biodiesel demand. This was positive news for CBoT soyoil prices and should also be good news for sunflower prices as they follow soyoil values for the most part. Sunflower harvest should be starting soon as many acres are maturing quickly and could be desiccated to begin harvest.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, September 18, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.83	34.79	34.19	-.60	34.43
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.55	17.45	17.25	-.20	16.90
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.70	17.00	16.80	-.20	16.80
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.65	17.05	16.80	-.25	16.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.50	18.05	17.80	-.25	17.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, September 18, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.08	33.38	32.69	-.69
Cotton Oil (psby)	41.98	33.79	33.19	-.60
Corn Oil	46.00	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/11/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Sunflower harvest is nearly half finished in Texas; 46 percent of the crop there is reported harvested, ahead of 34 percent last year. And the Minnesota sunflower crop continues to look to be a good one, with 86 percent of the sunflowers there reported in good to excellent condition.

Crop Progress - Monday, September 11, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	84	72	85	77
Bracts Yellow	57	35	65	42
Mature	14	3	20	----
South Dakota
Blooming	100	95	90	100
Petals Dry	56	34	48	62
Bracts Yellow	23	6	16	27
Mature	5	1	----	----
Kansas
Blooming	97	93	----	----
Petals Dry	39	26	44	52
Bracts Yellow	18	7	----	----
Mature	4	1	----	----
Texas
Harvested	46	44	34	41

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 11, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	16	46	30	1
South Dakota	6	24	53	16	1
Minnesota	0	1	13	66	20
Colorado	2	5	13	74	6
Kansas	1	3	25	65	6

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Sunflower Highlights

9/5/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

The Kansas sunflower crop is right on schedule - 93 percent of the sunflower there are reported blooming, which is on track with last year's 94 percent and 92 percent over the past five years. Petals are dry on 26 percent of the sunflower crop, consistent with both last year and the five year average. 66 percent of the sunflower crop in Kansas is in good to excellent condition.

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 5, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	72	43	76	63
Bracts Yellow	35	14	49	19
Mature	3	1	6	----
South Dakota
Blooming	95	90	81	95
Petals Dry	34	21	34	41
Bracts Yellow	6	1	8	16
Mature	1	----	----	----
Kansas
Blooming	93	81	94	92
Petals Dry	26	6	26	26
Bracts Yellow	7	----	----	----
Mature	1	----	----	----
Texas
Harvested	NA	35	25	37

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 5, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	16	44	33	0
South Dakota	6	21	49	22	2
Minnesota	0	0	12	67	21
Colorado	0	2	15	81	2
Kansas	0	3	31	62	4

Grower Report

Dickinson, ND area producer Art Ridl says his sunflower crop is right on schedule. He says he just finished spraying his 1,900 acres of high oleic sunflowers for weevils and they should be ready for harvest by mid-October. Despite a lack of rain, Ridl says about half of his sunflower crop should be a good crop.

Benefits of Desiccation

Now is a great time to start thinking about desiccating your sunflower crop. Getting the crop harvested several weeks early can result in higher yields and lower drying costs. Late season crop damage and blackbird damage can be reduced and desiccation may also slow down head diseases such as Sclerotinia. Early dry down can also minimize artificial drying costs. September and the first half of October harvest can often allow the use of air- drying to lower seed moisture in storage. Click here to learn more about desiccation.

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

As sunflowers ripen, blackbirds are beginning to appear and cause problems. The USDA can help; click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers that have blackbird problems. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. They are even more effective when used together.

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.76	34.59	35.10	+.51	35.44
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.85	17.60	17.45	-.15	16.70
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.05	17.40	17.30	-.10	16.85
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.05	17.25	17.45	+.20	17.45
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.05	18.25	18.45	+.20	18.45

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, September 5, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.11	33.09	33.69	+.60
Cotton Oil (psby)	42.86	34.59	35.31	+.72
Corn Oil	46.00	37.50	37.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

8/28/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 28, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	100	95	NA	NA
Petals Dry	42	10	63	35
Bracts Yellow	14	----	30	NA
Mature	1	----	3	NA
South Dakota
Blooming	90	80	79	91
Petals Dry	21	6	13	24
Bracts Yellow	1	----	NA	NA
Kansas
Blooming	81	70	88	85
Petals Dry	6	----	14	21
Texas
Harvested	35	33	22	28

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 28, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	7	18	42	33	0
South Dakota	7	20	49	22	2
Minnesota	0	0	10	69	21
Colorado	1	2	16	73	8
Kansas	0	3	26	60	11

USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

As sunflowers ripen, blackbirds are beginning to appear and cause problems. The USDA can help; click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers that have blackbird problems. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. They are even more effective when used together.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

8/21/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 21, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	95	87	100	NA
Petals Dry	10	4	38	----
South Dakota
Blooming	80-	64	76	83
Petals Dry	6	----	----	----
Kansas
Blooming	70	55	80	72
Texas
Harvested	NA	30	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 21, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	8	17	45	29	1
South Dakota	8	22	55	15	0
Minnesota	0	0	9	71	20
Colorado	2	2	14	77	5
Kansas	0	2	33	57	8

Keep Scouting for Insects

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Grower Report

Monitor for Sunflower Rust

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Reducing Blackbird Damage

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Upcoming Events

January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

$19.35 per cwt. Farmers have taken advantage of the recent rally in birdfood prices as a lot of crop was traded in the past month. Birdfood prices were as high as $22 per cwt but have since backed off into a range of $18-$19 on the increased sales. Beneficial rain was received in some of the most drought stricken areas of the Dakotas last week. Sunflower is very drought tolerant and the rain may have added on some pounds and in some cases saved the crop from being worked down. The weather forecast continues to feature generally favorable conditions throughout the Midwest with no significant hot and dry conditions during the next ten days. Weather conditions remain key as August is the most important month for oilseed crops. In addition to weather, the market will continue to trade demand news and will be closely watching yield reports from The Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour which begins today.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 21, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.89	32.98	33.80	+.82	34.17
Fargo, ND	NuSun	18.45	17.60	17.60	NC	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	18.40	17.55	17.60	+.05	16.85
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.90	15.40	15.65	+.25	17.05
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.90	16.65	16.90	+.25	18.05

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 21, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.14	31.92	32.30	+.38
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.89	34.92	33.80	-1.12
Corn Oil	46.00	41.50	39.50	-2.00

Sunflower Highlights

8/14/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, August 14, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	87	69	93	77
Petals Dry	4	0	8	NA
South Dakota
Blooming	64	38	69	67
Kansas
Blooming	55	37	69	57
Texas
Harvested	30	20	14	17

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 14, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	15	21	39	24	1
South Dakota	10	22	58	10	0
Minnesota	0	0	9	74	17
Colorado	0	2	15	76	7
Kansas	0	3	34	58	5

Make Sunflower Harvest a Top Priority This Year

Bird Abatement products

Desiccants

Help for Reducing Blackbird Damage

Using Drones to Harass Birds

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

8/7/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Minnesota's sunflower crop is reported 90% good to excellent. And sunflowers in Colorado look good too, with 63% reported in good to excellent condition. Meanwhile, Texas reports 20% of the sunflower crop there has been harvested.

Crop Progress - Monday, August 7, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	69	15	80	58
South Dakota
Blooming	38	5	53	41
Kansas
Blooming	37	14	56	41
Texas
Harvested	20	5	7	10

Crop Conditions - Monday, August 7, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	18	25	34	22	1
South Dakota	10	27	53	10	0
Minnesota	0	0	10	74	16
Colorado	0	3	34	59	4
Kansas	0	3	35	60	2

Keep Scouting for Insects

Producers should continue to scout for red sunflower seed weevils, and banded sunflower moth in sunflowers until fields reach the R5.7 crop stage (70% of the head area has completed or is flowering). Field reports indicate that populations of red sunflower seed weevil are high, average of 20-30 weevils per head in the southwest and south central parts of North Dakota. This is way above the economic threshold levels of 5-6 weevils per head for oilseed sunflowers and only 1 weevil per head for confection sunflowers. For the latest information visit www.ag.ndsu.edu/cpr for the ND Crop & Pest Report.

Grower Report

It’s been dry month in central Kansas. Karl Esping, who farms near Lindsborg, KS, says the last measurable rain came on June 20. Still, he says his full season high oleic sunflower crop looks good. They’re in the bud stage now and he expects they’ll start blooming in the next 10 days. He says his double crop sunflowers, planted around July 1, could really use some rain.

Examine Crop for Rust

Rust is most often found on the lower under-side of leaves. The pustules are cinnamon-red and readily recognizable. Yield loss can occur and control measures should be considered when rust reaches approximately 1% severity on the upper four leaves and the plant is in the vegetative stages until it reaches the R6 stage. An infestation on the upper leaves at R6 or later will not likely have a negative yield affect. Fortunately, rust can be managed with well-times fungicide applications. To learn more about rust, click here.

Dr. Mike Foley Retires

Dr. Mike Foley, Research Leader with the Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit in Fargo, North Dakota, retired on July 31 after 21 years of Federal service. Mike was appointed Research Leader of the Plant Science Research Unit in 1998, which was later renamed Weed Biology Research Unit. In 2011, the Sunflower and Weed Biology units were merged forming Sunflower and Plant Biology. In his role, he has led a group of scientists in finding ways to improve weed and crop management in several crops, including sunflower. The National Sunflower Association was one of many groups Mike worked with through his positions. Dr. James Anderson has been named Acting Research Leader of the Sunflower and Plant Biology Research Unit (SPBRU) in Fargo.

Upcoming Events

August 16, 2017 – NSA High Plains Meeting, Goodland KS
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Sunflower prices gave back some of the gains from the past two weeks last week. Birdfood prices dropped back into a $18-$20 range after seeing prices as high as $22 per cwt. CBoT soyoil lost 100 points last week on spec selling amid talk that China may retaliate against buying US soybeans if the US imposes trade sanctions based on perceived unfair trade practices by China. Most feel China cannot go without US soybeans but the headlines triggered selling on the CBoT. This led to some price pressure at the sunflower crush plants which ended the week mixed at down 15 cents to unchanged. Beneficial rain was received in some of the most drought stricken areas of the Dakotas last week. This could help yield prospects for this year’s sunflower crop depending on crop conditions. However, most areas still remain in severe to exceptional drought conditions as of the latest Drought Monitor report. This will continue to create stress for this year’s crop. On Thursday, USDA will release their first official estimate of US 2017 corn and soybean production. Also on that day they will revise their US and World supply and demand. Most private crop estimates are below the latest USDA figures. This report should set the market tone in the weeks ahead as August is the most critical month for oilseed yield development.

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, August 7, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.93	34.71	33.51	-1.20	33.93
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	17.50	17.50	----	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.50	17.70	17.55	-.15	16.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	NQ	15.25	----	17.00
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.70	NQ	16.50	----	18.00

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, August 7, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.68	33.21	32.08	-1.13
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.01	36.21	35.19	-1.02
Corn Oil	45.75	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/31/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 31, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	34	15	54	34
South Dakota
Blooming	23	5	30	24
Kansas
Blooming	24	14	35	26
Texas
Harvested	5	NA	3	5

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 31, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	18	26	38	17	1
South Dakota	11	28	55	6	0
Minnesota	0	0	9	74	17
Colorado	1	4	30	60	5
Kansas	0	2	32	62	4

Bill to Set Aside $250,000 for Blackbird Damage Prevention

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., announced that the Senate and House Fiscal Year 2018 Appropriations bills will make $250,000 available to help prevent blackbird damage to the sunflower crop. The funding will specifically support the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Health Inspection Service's use of fixed-wing aircraft to repel birds from fields. Blackbird damage is a persistent problem for growers costing about $11 million a year on average in ND. Both the Senate and House Appropriations committees have approved their respective bills and now await approval by the Senate and House of Representatives.

Consider Cattail Control

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/24/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 24, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	15	9	21	14
South Dakota
Blooming	5	NA	17	12
Kansas
Blooming	14	7	18	15

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 24, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	19	18	39	23	1
South Dakota	11	27	58	4	0
Minnesota	0	0	11	71	18
Colorado	0	9	34	54	3
Kansas	0	3	32	62	3

NSA Submits Comments for NAFTA Talks

Start Scouting for Banded Sunflower Moth and Red Sunflower Weevil

Click here to read more about scouting for insects and the best treatments on our website. Click here to learn more about the 2017 Action Thresholds for both insects. Please see the 2017 ND Field Crop Insect Management Guide for insecticides registered in sunflower.

Ag Horizons Conference Scheduled for December

Click here to learn more and register for the event.

Upcoming Events

July 27, 2017 – Friends and Neighbors Day, USDA-ARS, Mandan, ND
August 16, 2017-NSA High Plains Meeting, Goodland KS
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 24, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.46	33.01	33.61	+.60	34.05
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.90	17.10	17.50	+.40	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.85	17.05	17.55	+.50	16.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	NQ	14.95	----	16.65
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	NQ	16.60	----	18.15

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 24, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.96	31.51	32.11	+.60
Cotton Oil (psby)	44.46	39.01	36.61	-2.40
Corn Oil	45.75	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/17/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 17, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	9	4	13	NA
South Dakota
Emerged	100	98	98	NA
Kansas
Emerged	96	89	93	92
Blooming	7	4	8	7
*Texas*
Planted	100	95	98	98
Colorado
Planted	100	96	NA	NA

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 17, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	17	21	36	25	1
South Dakota	9	33	64	4	0
Minnesota	0	0	11	72	17
Colorado	0	16	28	50	6
Kansas	0	2	36	58	4

Banded Sunflower Moth Flying

on our website.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, July 10, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Blooming	4	3	10	----
South Dakota
Emerged	98	88	80	----
Kansas
Planted	96	93	94	95
Emerged	89	83	86	85
Blooming	4	----	----	----
*Texas*
Planted	95	90	95	96
Colorado
Planted	96	90	97	95

Crop Conditions - Monday, July 10, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	16	23	35	25	1
South Dakota	13	20	60	7	0
Minnesota	0	0	12	70	18
Colorado	0	11	32	52	5
Kansas	0	2	33	60	5

Grower Report

Reminder About Stored Seed

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35th Annual Summer Seminar a Success

th annual NSA Summer Seminar, held June 27-29 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Attendees heard presentations about the 2018 Farm Bill, the Food Safety Modernization Act, the oilseed outlook, Downy Mildew protection, the U.S. confection market in Spain, a discussion about harvest technology, and a look at hybrid sunflower production in California, as well as a look back at 15 years of the NSA’s sunflower survey. Joe Caroline was presented the 2017 Gold Award and past presidents and outgoing board members were recognized at the general session luncheon. Look for a complete wrap up of the event in the next issue of The Sunflower magazine. Mark your calendars for next year’s summer seminar, scheduled for June 26-28, 2018 at Arrowwood Resort in Alexandria, Minnesota.

Upcoming Events

January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 26-28, 2018 – NSA Summer Seminar, Arrowwood Resort, Alexandria, MN

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, July 10, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.25	33.13	33.62	+.49	34.17
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.10	16.60	17.00	+.40	16.20
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.95	16.50	17.00	+.50	16.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	NQ	NQ	----	15.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.45	NQ	NQ	----	17.30

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, July 10, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.75	32.63	32.18	-.45
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.33	39.13	39.68	+.55
Corn Oil	45.75	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

7/5/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Wednesday, July 5, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Emerged	96	89	97	----
Blooming	3	----	8	----
South Dakota
Emerged	88	75	62	----
Kansas
Planted	93	86	88	89
Emerged	83	67	75	75
*Texas*
Planted	90	88	92	94
Colorado
Planted	90	84	90	90

Crop Conditions - Wednesday, July 5, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
South Dakota	5	18	58	18	1
Minnesota	0	0	11	71	18
Colorado	0	1	17	67	15
Kansas	0	1	38	56	5

Grower Report

Friends and Neighbors Day at USDA-ARS Mandan Site

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/26/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 26, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	99	98	100	95
Emerged	89	80	92	---
South Dakota
Planted	98	92	95	86
Emerged	75	61	---	---
Kansas
Planted	86	67	80	80
Emerged	67	32	60	60
*Texas*
Planted	88	80	89	92
Colorado
Planted	84	67	79	78

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 26, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
South Dakota	6	21	58	15	0
Minnesota	0	0	16	72	12
Colorado	0	0	18	68	14

Department of Justice Oks Dow-DuPont Merger

Archer Named to ARS Post

EPA Reopens Comment Period for Pyrethroids and Bifenthrin

www.defendbifenthrin.com and click on the tab for growers, retailers, CCA’s, Consultants’ and more to either use the pre-formatted letter or list your own experiences with pyrethroid benefits for responsible pest control. Honest, individual comments are the best. The whole process will take no longer than 5 minutes.

35th Annual Summer Seminar Starts Tomorrow

th annual NSA Summer Seminar is being held in Rapid City, SD at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn June 27-29. The event begins on Tuesday evening with the annual Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser. Wednesday is filled with presentations covering valuable and timely information. On Thursday, we will wrap things up with the annual golf tournament. Registration at the door will be $400 and golf will be $140. For a complete schedule, click here.

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 26, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.26	32.82	31.52	-1.30	31.99
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.25	15.70	15.70	NC	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.30	15.65	15.70	+.05	16.40
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.80	NQ	13.95	----	14.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	NQ	15.60	----	16.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 26, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.76	31.07	29.77	-1.30
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.26	38.82	37.52	-1.30
Corn Oil	45.50	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/19/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 19, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	98	96	97	89
Emerged	80	51	79	NA
South Dakota
Planted	92	72	78	69
Emerged	61	37	NA	NA
Kansas
Planted	67	34	67	65
Emerged	32	10	41	38
*Texas*
Planted	80	70	84	90
Colorado
Planted	67	29	64	59

Crop Conditions - Monday, June 19, 2017

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
Minnesota	0	0	17	75	8

Grower Report

NSA Summer Seminar is Next Week

th annual NSA Summer Seminar, planned for June 27-29 in Rapid City, South Dakota. There’s still time to register – click here to register online. Online registration will close Friday at 4:00 p.m. You can still register at the door, but registration will increase to $400 and golf to $140 at the door, so register now!

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 12, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	96	81	91	76
Emerged	51	25	50	NA
South Dakota
Planted	72	48	65	53
Emerged	37	2	NA	NA
Kansas
Planted	34	19	47	48
Emerged	10	NA	NA	NA
*Texas*
Planted	70	65	78	86
Minnesota
Planted	97	94	100	88
Colorado
Planted	29	12	44	41

USDA Seeks Grower Feedback

Acreage report and quarterly Grain Stocks report, both to be released June 30, 2017. Survey data contribute to NASS’s monthly and annual Crop Production reports, as well as the annual Small Grains Summary and USDA’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Grower Report

NSA Summer Seminar to Cover Timely Topics

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Register Now for NSA Summer Seminar

th annual Summer Seminar. Join us in Rapid City, South Dakota June 27-29 for this informative and fun event. Registration is easy – you can register on our website. Click here to be directed to the registration page. Registration will increase to $400 and golf to $140 at the door, so register now!

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, June 12, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.51	31.31	31.94	+.63	32.42
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.40	15.25	15.50	+.25	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	15.30	15.45	+.15	16.65
Goodland, KS	NuSun	17.10	13.85	14.00	+.15	14.85
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	15.50	15.65	+.15	16.85

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, June 12, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.01	28.81	29.94	+1.13
Cotton Oil (psby)	47.51	37.31	37.94	+.63
Corn Oil	45.50	43.50	43.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

6/5/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, June 5, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	81	58	79	59
Emerged	25	13	40	NA
South Dakota
Planted	48	30	47	33
Emerged	2	NA	NA	NA
Kansas
Planted	19	4	20	26
*Texas*
Planted	65	59	62	78
Minnesota
Planted	94	85	98	78
Colorado
Planted	12	5	22	25

Zidua Registration on Sunflower

® herbicide on sunflower. Zidua can be applied preplant surface, preemergence, or early postermergence to sunflower for residual preemergence control of annual grasses, sedges, and annual broadleaf weeds. This product offers superior Palmer Amaranth and Waterhemp control. To learn more about this product and the weeds it will control or suppress click here.

EPA Reopens Comment Period for Pyrethroids and Bifenthrin

www.defendbifenthrin.com and click on the tab for growers, retailers, CCA’s, Consultants’ and more to either use the pre-formatted letter or list your own experiences with pyrethroid benefits for responsible pest control. Honest, individual comments are the best. The whole process will take no longer than five minutes.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

5/30/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	58	31	64	42
Emerged	13	NA	18	NA
South Dakota
Planted	30	12	28	19
Kansas
Planted	7	2	3	11
*Texas*
Planted	59	53	40	62
Minnesota
Planted	85	70	91	64
Colorado
Planted	5	4	14	14

Syngenta Launches New Seed Treatment Fungicide

Researchers Publish the First Sunflower Genome Sequence

Nature. The research team in North America and Europe sequenced the genome of the domesticated sunflower Helianthus annuus L. The research will help understand the molecular mechanisms underlying key traits related to abiotic stress resistance like drought, salinity and low nutrient resistance. This genome sequence will essentially serve as a genetic road map to pinpoint the genes underlying these sorts of traits. The authors concluded that this research reinforces the sunflower as a model for ecological and evolutionary studies and climate change adaptation, and will accelerate breeding programs.

CHS Names New President/CEO

NSA Summer Seminar Rate Increases June 3

th Annual Summer Seminar will be held June 27-29 in Rapid City, SD. Click here to registeronline. Registration will increase to $350 on June 3, so register now!

Honoring Former USDA Secretary Schafer

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.82	32.94	31.42	-1.52	31.95
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.95	15.00	15.25	+.25	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.00	15.15	15.10	-.05	16.40
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.95	14.05	13.80	-.25	14.65
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.95	15.70	15.45	-.25	16.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, May 30, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.57	30.44	28.92	-1.52
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.83	38.94	37.42	-1.52
Corn Oil	45.50	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, May 22, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	31	11	42	24
South Dakota
Planted	12	1	12	6
Kansas
Planted	2	1	0	5
*Texas*
Planted	53	34	34	50
Minnesota
Planted	70	28	68	45
Colorado
Planted	4	2	5	7

Grower Report

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th Annual Summer Seminar is just over a month away. Join us in Rapid City, South Dakota June 27-29 for this informative and fun event. Register now on our website. Registration will increase to $350 on June 3, so register now! A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. Click here to make your reservation. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. Email Tina at with any questions.

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5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, May 15, 2017

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	11	NA	19	10
South Dakota
Planted	1	NA	2	1
Kansas
Planted	1	NA	0	2
*Texas*
Planted	34	17	33	41
Colorado
Planted	2	1	4	4
Minnesota
Planted	28	3	53	30

ChemChina Syngenta Takeover Approved

FMC Agricultural Solutions Appoints Mike Harper Industry Relations Manager

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Register now, as prices will increase closer to the event. Click here to register on our website. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. If you have questions, email Tina.

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 15, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.79	32.73	33.02	+.29	33.40
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.75	15.00	15.00	NC	16.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.90	15.25	15.20	+.05	16.65
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.80	14.05	14.10	+.05	14.95
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.80	15.70	15.75	+.05	16.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 1, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	30.54	30.44	30.52	+.08
Cotton Oil (psby)	47.79	38.94	39.02	+.08
Corn Oil	45.25	41.50	41.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

5/8/2017 12:00:00 AM

Sunflower is an Option for Damaged Wheat Acres

Reminder About Stored Seed

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Register now, as prices will increase closer to the event. Click here to register on our website. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. If you have questions, email Tina.

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5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM

2017 Curtis Stern Memorial Scholarship Recipient Announced

Canadian Sunflower Acreage to Decrease

Kits to Prevent Combine Fires Available for Order

Click here to learn more and to download an order form, visit . The system was developed by Daniel Humburg, based on his research conducted at South Dakota State University, and funded by the South Dakota Oilseeds Council and the National Sunflower Association.

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Register now, as prices will increase closer to the event. Click here to register online. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. Contact Tina with any questions.

Discount Available for New Book About Blackbirds

Click here to download an order form. Orders placed this way will receive a 20% discount. The book by George M. Linz, Michael L. Avery, and Richard A. Dolbeer, summarizes the biology and life histories of blackbirds and their conflicts with humans into a single volume for researchers, wildlife managers, agriculturists, disease biologists, ornithologists, policy makers, and the public. It provides in-depth coverage of the functional roles of blackbirds in natural and agricultural ecosystems. The book will officially be released on June 20.

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 1, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	32.19	31.69	31.89	+.20	32.66
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.25	14.90	14.90	NC	16.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.45	14.90	15.05	+.15	16.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	13.75	13.85	+.10	14.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	15.40	15.50	+.10	16.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 1, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.94	29.19	29.39	+.20
Cotton Oil (psby)	47.19	37.69	38.16	+.47
Corn Oil	45.50	43.00	43.50	+.50

Sunflower Highlights

4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM

Reducing Blackbird Damage

Sunflower Planting Pointers

Click here to see the top ten sunflower planting pointers.

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Register now, as prices will increase closer to the event. Click here to register on our website. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. Contact Tina with any questions.

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4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM

Health Canada Seeking to Phase out PHOs

Dr. Febina Mathew Receives Faces of the Future Award

Dr. Febina Mathew

Assistant Professor and Field Crops Pathologist at South Dakota State University, Dr. Febina Mathew has been chosen for the Schroth Faces of the Future Award in Host Resistance and Host/Pathogen Interactions from the American Phytopathological Society. Mathew’s research on Phomopsis stem canker of sunflower will be the focus of her talk at the Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium at the organization’s annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas in August. This group is a community of scientists who dedicate themselves to managing crop diseases to ensure safe and sustainable food, feed, fiber, and fuel. Mathew’s research on Phomopsis stem canker is vital to producers of sunflowers not only in South Dakota but also in the other sunflower producing states of the U.S. such as Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska.

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. Register now, as prices will increase closer to the event. Register online here. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. Contact Tina with any questions.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 17, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.95	31.35	31.80	+.45	32.51
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.10	14.90	14.90	NC	16.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.30	14.90	14.95	+.05	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.10	13.65	13.70	+.05	14.80
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.10	15.30	15.35	+.05	16.80

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 17, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.70	28.85	29.30	+.45
Cotton Oil (psby)	48.95	37.35	37.80	+.45
Corn Oil	45.50	43.00	43.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

New Book About Blackbirds Available for Pre-order

here. The book, “Ecology and Management of Blackbirds (Icteridae) in North America” summarizes the biology and life histories of blackbirds and their conflicts with humans into a single volume for researchers, wildlife managers, agriculturists, disease biologists, ornithologists, policy makers, and the public. It provides in-depth coverage of the functional roles of blackbirds in natural and agricultural ecosystems. In doing so, this authoritative reference promotes the development of improved science-based, integrated management. The book will officially be released on June 20.

Planter Considerations

here.

Pest Management App Available

ndsu.pest.management@ndsu.edu.

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4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM

FMC Corporation and DuPont Announce Changes

EPA Will Not Ban Chlorpyrifos

Register Now for Summer Seminar

th annual. It will be held June 27-29, 2017 at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota.Click here to register now; prices will increase closer to the event. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. Email Tina with any questions.

Syngenta Scholarship Available

click here.

March/April Issue of The Sunflower Now Online

The Sunflower is now available to read online. Click here to read it. This is the final issue of the 2016-17 magazine year, but we are always looking for story ideas and planning for next year. If you have a story idea, let us know. Give us a call or fill out this form on our website.

Upcoming Events

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, April 3, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	34.69	32.29	31.42	-.87	32.11
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.45	NQ	14.90	NC	16.30
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.45	14.85	14.85	NC	16.50
Goodland, KS	NuSun	15.95	13.80	13.80	NC	14.95
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.95	15.45	15.45	NC	16.95

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, April 3, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	32.44	29.29	28.42	-.87
Cotton Oil (psby)	49.69	38.29	37.42	-.87
Corn Oil	45.50	42.50	43.00	+.50

Sunflower Highlights

3/27/2017 12:00:00 AM

NSA Welcomes New Board Members

NSA Website Offers Help for Growers

website - the “growers” section of our website addresses many questions and factors that influence a successful sunflower crop. Several links are provided that give more details about many important topics, including insects, diseases, weeds, yield trials, approved chemicals, production, marketing, crop insurance, and more.

Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award

Click here for more information.

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3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM

Sunflower Pathology Researchers Receive USDA Grant for Phomopsis Research

NSA Goes to DC

From left to right: Karl Esping
(Lindsborg, KS), Kevin Capistran
(Crookston, MN), and Lance Hourigan
(Lemmon, SD), Art Ridl (Dickinson, ND)

National Sunflower Association Board members made visits to members of Congress from Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota about the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill and Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations. In addition, the group met with officials from the USDA APHIS/Wildlife Services to discuss blackbird depredation concerns.

Reserve Your Room for Summer Seminar

th Annual NSA Summer Seminar. This year’s Summer Seminar will be held at the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn in Rapid City, South Dakota. A block of rooms has been reserved there for June 27-28. To make your reservation, click here. Enter your check-in and check-out date. You also need to enter SA1 in the group code box. You can also call the Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn at 605-348-4000 and book your room. The block of rooms is listed under National Sunflower Association. The room block will be released May 22, 2017 but may fill up much faster so don’t wait! The program is being finalized now and more information will be coming soon. Check the NSA website for further updates. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at with any questions.

NSA Scholarship Available

Application deadline is April 1, 2017. $4,600 is available for the scholarship this year. Applications can be submitted on the ND Community Foundation website. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at with any questions.

ConAgra Brands to Buy Thanasi Foods

Upcoming Events

March 22, 2017 – NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 20, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	33.58	31.87	32.74	+.87	33.40
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.60	15.00	15.00	NC	16.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.65	15.00	15.15	+.15	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.55	13.80	13.90	+.10	14.90
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.45	15.45	15.55	+.10	16.90

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 20, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	31.33	29.62	30.24	+.62
Cotton Oil (psby)	48.58	38.12	38.74	+.62
Corn Oil	45.50	42.50	42.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

3/13/2017 12:00:00 AM

Dow, DuPont Try More Divestments in Seeking Merger Approval

Spring Drying and Storage Critical

Run aeration fans periodically to keep the temperature at a proper level.

Monitor stored sunflowers closely to detect any storage problems early.

Check the moisture content of stored sunflower to determine if it needs to be dried. Oil sunflowers need to be dried to 8 percent for summer storage to prevent spoilage.

For more information on drying and storing, click here.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up for a digital copy of Sunflower Highlights. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

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3/6/2017 12:00:00 AM

Joe Caroline 2017 NSA Gold Award Winner

North Dakota County Sunflower Election Results

The election will be held March 21 at the Eagles Club in Valley City at 12:30 pm. Ben Vig is the current rep.

Scott Tranby, Cooperstown (Griggs County)
Ben Vig, Sharon (Steele County)
Anthony Thilmony, Valley City (Barnes County)

Production Resource Books Available on NSA Website

here. Check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection, and more.

iPad Winners

Barry Hittle (CCTA)

John Gordon (CCTA)

Mike Neff (Cover Your Acres)

Spencer Yenni (Young Farmers and Ranchers)

Thanks to everyone for stopping by the NSA’s High Plains Committee booth. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

NSA Scholarship Available

ND Community Foundation website. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at with any questions.

Upcoming Events

March 22, 2017 – NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, March 6, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.95	32.35	34.02	+1.67	34.85
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.00	14.70	15.20	+.50	16.30
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.10	15.30	15.35	+.05	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.15	14.00	14.25	+.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.05	15.65	15.90	+.25	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, March 6, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.92	30.05	31.77	+1.72
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.17	40.25	42.27	+1.92
Corn Oil	44.50	43.00	43.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/27/2017 12:00:00 AM

County-Level Commodity Estimates Released

here. Commodity estimated released include sunflower, corn, and soybeans. County-level estimates for canola and flaxseed will be published in March and dry edible peas, lentils, dry edible beans, and hay will be published in April.

NSA Board of Directors Approves Research

NSA Team Going to Washington

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2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM

USDA to Survey Producers’ 2017 Planting Intentions

South Dakota 2017 Pest Management Guides Now Available

here.

NSA Board of Directors Meets This Week

Colorado Sunflower Administrative Committee Recognizes Leon Zimbelman

NSA Scholarship Available

ND Community Foundation website. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

Upcoming Events

March 22, 2017 – NSA High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD
January 10-11, 2018 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.49	34.17	32.67	-1.50	33.68
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.45	14.70	14.70	NC	16.00
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.60	15.25	15.20	-.05	16.35
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.45	14.25	14.10	-.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	15.90	15.75	-.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, February 21, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.24	31.97	30.37	-1.50
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.48	42.17	40.67	-1.50
Corn Oil	42.00	43.50	43.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM

Former Diamond Foods Executive to Lead SunOpta

2017 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 17. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and chose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 27-29 in Rapid City, SD.

Research Presentations Available Online

Click here to see this year's presentations. For a historical look, all presentations dating back to 2008 are available there as well. Researchers from the Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Canada presented a total of 19 papers and 10 posters at this year’s Research Forum.

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2/6/2017 12:00:00 AM

N Calculator App Available for Apple Devices

2017 Crop Insurance Prices

Agricultural Tile Drainage Design Workshop Scheduled

Click here to register for the workshop and to see the agenda.

Upcoming ND County Elections

Traill County: February 16, 11:00 am, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Hillsboro

LaMoure County: February 16, 11:30 am, Centerfield Grill, LaMoure

Dickey County: February 23, 1:30 am, Grace Lutheran Church, Oakes

Sargent County: February 17, 12:30 pm at Forman City Hall, Forman

NSA Scholarship Available

ND Community Foundation website. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt with any questions.

2017 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 17. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and chose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 27-29 in Rapid City, SD.

June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, February 6, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.75	33.61	34.44	+.83	35.08
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.65	14.70	14.70	NC	15.60
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.70	15.00	15.50	+.50	16.60
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.35	14.00	14.25	+.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.35	15.65	15.90	+.25	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, February 6, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.75	31.31	32.14	+.83
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.75	41.61	42.44	+.83
Corn Oil	42.00	43.50	43.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/30/2017 12:00:00 AM

DuPont Pushes Back Dow Deal Closing Date

Jay Schuler Appointed to ND Department of Commerce

2017 NSA Gold Award Nominations

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 17. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and chose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 27-29 in Rapid City, SD.

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1/23/2017 12:00:00 AM

Update from Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting

High Plains Winter Conferences Coming Up

No-Till on the Plains conference is this week, January 24-25, in Salina, KS. Click here for more information, go to . The Colorado Conservation Tillage Association’s High Plains No-Till Conference in Burlington, CO is January 31-February 1. For details or to register, click here. The NSA’s High Plains committee will be at both shows, and will give away one iPad per show, so if you attend, make sure you visit the High Plains booth.

Monitor Moisture of Binned Seeds

click here.

Nominations Being Accepted for 2017 NSA Gold Award

Click here for the eligibility and criteria requirements. Nominations must be received by February 17. The NSA board of directors will review all submitted applications and chose a winner. The Gold Award will be presented during the NSA Summer Seminar, set for June 27-29 in Rapid City, SD.

Sign Up for E-Publications

Click here to sign up on our website. You can also sign up for a digital copy of our magazine, The Sunflower, there. And for sunflower prices at various locations, click here.

Upcoming Events

January 24-25, 2017 – No-Till on the Plains, Salina, KS
January 27-28, 2017 – Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference, Manhattan, KS
January 31-February 1, 2017 – CCTA Conference, Burlington, CO
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

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Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 23, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	30.44	35.56	35.13	-.43	35.25
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.55	14.70	14.70	NC	15.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.65	15.20	15.45	+.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.30	14.45	14.45	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.30	15.95	16.10	+.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 23, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	28.69	33.56	33.13	-.43
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.44	43.56	43.13	-.43
Corn Oil	41.50	43.00	43.50	+.50

Sunflower Highlights

1/16/2017 12:00:00 AM

2017 Research Requests Total over $331,000

NSA Research Forum Attracts Large Crowd

th Annual Research Forum January 11-12 in Fargo, ND. Researchers from North and South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Canada presented a total of 19 papers and 10 posters. Attendees heard presentations on weeds, insects, disease, and new varieties of sunflower. All presentations will be uploaded to the NSA website in the next few weeks.

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Cover Your Acres, Oberlin, Kansas – January 17-18

No-Till on the Plains, Salina, Kansas – January 24-25

Young Farmers and Ranchers Conference, Manhattan, Kansas – January 28-29

CCTA Conference, Burlington, Colorado – January 31-February 1

2016 Sunflower Yields Highest on Record

1/12/2017 12:00:00 AM

2016's sunflower crop had a record breaking yield. The USDA report on 2016 sunflower crop production, released today, shows the United States average yield per acre increased 106 pounds from last year to a record high 1,731 pounds. Average yield of oil-type sunflower varieties also increased by 152 pounds from 2015, to a record high 1,731 pounds per acre in 2016. The average yield of confection sunflower decreased by 139 pounds from last year’s record high to 1,726 pounds per acre. This still represents the second highest yield on record for non-oil varieties.

“This is great news for sunflower producers,” says John Sandbakken, executive director of the National Sunflower Association. “Sunflower has proven to be a profitable crop that works well in crop rotations in many different types of soils and climates.”

North Dakota is the top sunflower-producing state. Production in North Dakota totaled 1.14 billion pounds, an increase of seven percent from last year. Compared with last year, planted area in North Dakota decreased four percent but yield increased 192 pounds to a record high 1,715 pounds per acre. Meanwhile, production in South Dakota decreased 14 percent but the average yield in South Dakota increased 100 pounds from 2015 to a record high 1,958 pounds per acre.

Across the nation, harvested oil-type acres are down nine percent, but total production of oil-type sunflower varieties decreased less than one percent from 2015 due to a record national average yield. Production of oil-type sunflower is estimated at 2.4 billion pounds.

Production of non-oil sunflower varieties is estimated at 286 million pounds, a decrease of 47 percent from last year. Area harvested, at 165,500 acres, is down 43 percent from 2015. The average yield decreased by 139 pounds from last year’s record high to 1,726 pounds per acre. This still represents the second highest yield on record for non-oil varieties.
For more on the USDA numbers, click here.

National Sunflower Association to Host 2017 Research Forum in Fargo, ND

1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM

National Sunflower Association to Host 2017 Research Forum in Fargo, ND

It’s never too early to think about spring planting. Sunflower producers will get some expert advice on making 2017’s crop profitable, how to battle diseases and insects, and more at the National Sunflower Association’s annual Research Forum January 11-12, 2017 at the Ramada Plaza Suites and Convention Center in Fargo, ND. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, University of Nebraska, Kansas State University, and Iowa State University will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, to protecting sunflower from blackbirds, preventing combine fires during harvest, precision planting, and insect control.

South Dakota State University’s Febina Mathew and North Dakota State University’s Sam Markell will be the noon speakers at Wednesday’s luncheon. Mathew and Markell will speak about managing Phomopsisstem canker by developing a disease forecasting model for farmers to help them know when to spray and identification of resistant materials for breeding into commercial hybrids.

Registration information and the agenda for the meeting can be found on the NSA website. For more information, contact John Sandbakken or Jody Kerzman.

Sunflower Highlights

1/9/2017 12:00:00 AM

NSA Research Forum Starts Wednesday

th annual Sunflower Research Forum beings Wednesday morning in Fargo, ND. Researchers from the Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Canada will present their findings on sunflower research they’ve done. Topics will include diseases, protecting sunflower from blackbirds, insects, and more. SDSU’s Febina Mathew and NDSU’s Sam Markell will be the noon speakers at this year’s NSA Research Forum, scheduled for next week. Mathew and Markell will speak about managing Phomopsis stem canker by developing a disease forecasting model for farmers to help them know when to spray and identification of resistant materials for breeding into commercial hybrids. It’s not too late to attend; you can register at the door on Wednesday morning! Click here for more information and a schedule.

National Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting Set for Next Week

Yield Trials and Hybrid Disease Ratings Available Online

Click here to find yield trials and hybrid disease ratings for your state.

‘Cover Your Acres’ Conference is Next Week

click here.

Read The Sunflower Online

The Sunflower magazine, now available to read on our website. The magazine also includes a look at the sunflower market outlook for 2017, a look at how a California company uses sunflower oil in their tortilla chips, and a story from North Dakota’s Red River Valley, where a family is making sunflowers work in their rotation again. Read those stories and more in this month’s magazine!

Upcoming Events

January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
January 18-20, 2017 - NSI Meeting -Minneapolis, MN
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, January 9, 2017 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.08	34.57	35.27	+.70	35.50
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.05	14.50	14.60	+.10	15.50
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.15	15.10	15.30	+.20	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	15.75	14.35	14.60	+.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	16.75	15.85	16.10	+.25	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, January 9, 2017
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.50	32.57	33.49	+.92
Cotton Oil (psby)	44.25	42.81	43.49	+.68
Corn Oil	38.50	43.00	43.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

1/3/2017 12:00:00 AM

Mathew and Markell to Speak at NSA Research Forum

Register to Attend the NSA Research Forum

th Annual Sunflower Research Forum is next week. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, North Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Kansas State University, Colorado State University, and Iowa State University will present their findings on sunflower studies they have conducted. Topics will cover everything from diseases, insects, irrigation, blackbirds, and more. The forum is set for January 11-12, 2017 in Fargo, ND. The forum is an annual event designed to learn about research, promote discussion, and stimulate creative thinking. For more information and to register, visit our website. You’ll find hotel information there as well. Registration is now $130 and will be $155 at the door.

Production Guides for Sunflower Available on NSA Website

click here to access them all online. Check out the Sunflower Production Resource Book for your area. The books provide guidelines and recommendations on production practices, pest identification, field selection, and more.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

12/12/2016 12:00:00 AM

EPA Approves DuPont LumisenaTM Fungicide Seed Treatment for Sunflowers and Soybeans

TM Lumisena^TM fungicide seed treatment. Lumisena improves crop establishment and stand uniformity by controlling Phytophthora in soybeans and downy mildew in sunflower crops. In sunflowers, DuPont trials showed seed treated with Lumisena™ fungicide seed treatment had 76 to 96 percent less downy mildew compared to untreated seed and 20 to 41 percent less downy mildew compared to conventional fungicide seed treatments. Likewise, university trials showed sunflower seed treated with the active ingredient in Lumisena™ fungicide seed treatment produced plants with significantly less downy mildew versus existing fungicide seed treatments. Lumisena™ fungicide seed treatment has a favorable environmental profile, given its ability to deliver highly effective pathogen control at extremely low use rates. DuPont Pioneer will have wide-scale demonstration plots of Lumisena™ fungicide seed treatment during the 2017 growing season, and it will be commercially available in 2018. The National Sunflower Association funded a portion of the research to make this product available to producers and industry.

David & Sons to Close Fresno Plant

Nebraska Researchers Receive Grant for Phomopsis Research

Register Now for 2017 NSA Research Forum

Click here to register online. Pre-registration is $115. Fees increase to $130 on December 28. Registration at the door will be $155.

Holiday Break

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.8%	40.0%
Foreign Material	6.3%	6.4%
Moisture	7.5%	8.3%
Test Weight	30.4 bs	31.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.0%
Foreign Material	4.5%	4.4%
Moisture	9.0%	8.2%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	31.0 lbs

Upcoming Events

January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
January 18-20, 2017 – NSI Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, December 12, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	31.30	37.49	36.76	-.73	36.96
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.00	14.60	14.35	-.25	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.95	14.90	14.75	-.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.50	14.85	14.60	-.25	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.50	16.35	16.10	-.25	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, December 12, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	29.37	36.49	35.97	-.52
Cotton Oil (psby)	48.12	47.67	44.97	-2.70
Corn Oil	38.50	44.50	42.50	-2.00

Sunflower Highlights

12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM

NSA Board of Directors Elects Officers

NSA Board Officers, left to right: Robert Derras, Karl
Esping, Art Ridl, Clark Coleman, Lance Hourigan

meeting in Bismarck, ND. Esping will replace Dickinson, ND area producer Art Ridl as president. Ridl will now serve as NSA Board Chairman. Bismarck, ND producer Clark Coleman was elected first vice president and Lemmon, SD producer Lance Hourigan was elected second vice president. Robert Deraas of CHS Sunflower was re-elected NSA Secretary-Treasurer.

Register to Attend the NSA Research Forum

our website. You’ll find hotel information there as well. Pre-registration is $115. Fees increase to $130 on December 28. Registration at the door will be $155.

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.8%	40.0%
Foreign Material	6.3%	6.4%
Moisture	7.5%	8.3%
Test Weight	30.4 bs	31.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.0%
Foreign Material	4.5%	4.4%
Moisture	9.0%	8.2%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	31.0 lbs

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 28, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	97	92	99	94
South Dakota
Harvested	99	97	99	95
Texas
Harvested	91	87	91	88
Kansas
Harvested	95	89	94	94
Colorado
Harvested	97	92	93	96

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.8%	40.0%
Foreign Material	6.3%	6.4%
Moisture	7.5%	8.3%
Test Weight	30.4 bs	31.0 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.0%
Foreign Material	4.5%	4.4%
Moisture	9.0%	8.2%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	31.0 lbs

USDA Allocates MAP and FMD Funds

Late Season County Agricultural Production Survey

N Calculator App Available for Android Phones

Registration is open for the 2017 NSA Research Forum, scheduled for January 11-12, 2017 at the Ramada Plaza Suites & Convention Center in Fargo, ND. Click here to register online. Pre-registration is $115. Fees increase to $130 on December 28. Registration at the door will be $155.

Upcoming Events

November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 6, 2016 - High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 28, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	29.10	34.64	36.71	+2.07	36.72
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.05	14.55	14.75	+.20	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.15	14.80	14.85	+.05	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.75	14.45	14.65	+.20	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.30	16.45	16.35	-.10	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 28, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	27.10	33.14	35.31	+2.07
Cotton Oil (psby)	46.42	44.64	46.71	+2.07
Corn Oil	39.25	44.50	44.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 21, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	92	85	94	89
South Dakota
Harvested	97	93	93	89
Texas
Harvested	87	85	89	87
Kansas
Harvested	89	79	89	89
Minnesota
Harvested	99	91	100	97
Colorado
Harvested	92	90	91	91

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.8%	40.7%
Foreign Material	6.3%	6.6%
Moisture	7.5%	8.1%
Test Weight	30.4 lbs	31.2 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	42.5%
Foreign Material	4.5%	4.0%
Moisture	9.0%	9.0%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	30.5 lbs

Elite Syngenta® Sunflower Genetics Available Through WinField® United’s CROPLAN® Brand

® sunflower products licensed from Syngenta will continue to come from Syngenta’s breeding program.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM

The 2016 sunflower harvest is almost done, with all reporting states checking in with the majority of the crop harvested. Minnesota producers are 91% finished, Kansas producers report 79% of the sunflower crop has been harvested.

Crop Progress - Monday, November 14, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	85	75	88	81
South Dakota
Harvested	93	89	84	82
Texas
Harvested	85	81	87	85
Kansas
Harvested	79	65	81	80
Minnesota
Harvested	91	85	100	94
Colorado
Harvested	90	82	87	82

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.9%	40.7%
Foreign Material	6.3%	6.6%
Moisture	7.7%	8.1%
Test Weight	30.6 lbs	31.2 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.3%
Foreign Material	3.5%	4.5%
Moisture	8.5%	9.8%
Test Weight	31.0 lbs	31.6 lbs

Mark Torno Joins NSA Board of Directors

Grower Report

Advent Seeds and Texas A&M AgriLife Research Form Partnership

Register Now for 2017 NSA Research Forum

Click here to register online. Pre-registration is $115. Fees increase to $130 on December 28. Registration at the door will be $155.

Upcoming Events

November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
December 6, 2016 - High Plains Committee Meeting, Goodland, KS
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, November 14, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.29	34.79	33.95	-.84	34.60
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.45	14.80	14.55	-.25	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.55	14.90	14.55	-.35	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.15	14.55	14.20	-.35	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.70	16.55	16.20	-.35	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, November 14, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	25.29	33.29	32.45	-.84
Cotton Oil (psby)	44.29	44.79	43.95	-.84
Corn Oil	39.25	45.50	45.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

11/7/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, November 7, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	75	53	79	70
South Dakota
Harvested	89	73	86	87
Texas
Harvested	81	72	86	81
Kansas
Mature	96	90	93	97
Harvested	65	50	66	66
Minnesota
Harvested	85	80	100	89
Colorado
Harvested	82	65	80	70

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	40.9%	40.8%
Foreign Material	6.5%	6.8%
Moisture	7.7%	8.0%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	31.3 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.2%
Foreign Material	4.3%	5.1%
Moisture	9.7%	9.4%
Test Weight	30.9 lbs	30.9 lbs

Call for Papers Deadline Approaching

Click here to submit your application online. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 31, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Harvested	53	38	65	54
South Dakota
Mature	97	92	97	---
Harvested	73	56	66	63
Texas
Harvested	72	70	82	76
Kansas
Bracts Yellow	97	94	95	98
Mature	90	83	87	92
Harvested	50	38	51	51
Minnesota
Harvested	80	65	98	80
Colorado
Harvested	65	38	69	57

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 31, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	4	24	65	6
Colorado	0	4	27	61	8
Kansas	1	3	28	62	6

Stratas Buys Supreme Oil to Expand in Northeast

Grower Report

Call for Papers

Click here to submit your application online. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 14, 2016.

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	41.0%	41.0%
Foreign Material	7.2%	6.9%
Moisture	8.1%	8.0%
Test Weight	31.0 lbs	31.3 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	43.5%	43.8%
Foreign Material	4.3%	4.8%
Moisture	9.7%	8.7%
Test Weight	30.9 lbs	31.3 lbs

Upcoming Events

November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 31, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	27.85	35.99	35.17	-.82	35.56
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.30	15.50	15.10	-.40	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.35	15.70	15.20	-.50	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.20	15.25	14.80	-.45	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.75	17.25	16.80	-.45	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 31, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.10	34.49	33.67	-.82
Cotton Oil (psby)	44.85	45.99	45.17	-.82
Corn Oil	39.50	45.50	45.50	NC

Sunflower Highlights

10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 24, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Mature	98	94	98	98
Harvested	38	23	46	38
South Dakota
Bracts Yellow	97	90	---	---
Mature	92	83	95	---
Harvested	56	41	51	46
Texas
Harvested	70	65	75	72
Kansas
Bracts Yellow	94	88	94	96
Mature	83	74	76	84
Harvested	38	26	36	35
Minnesota
Harvested	65	50	90	66
Colorado
Harvested	38	12	58	44

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 24, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	4	23	66	6
South Dakota	1	4	33	57	4
Colorado	0	4	26	62	8
Kansas	1	3	28	62	6

Seed Quality

High Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	41.8%	41.7%
Foreign Material	7.4%	6.9%
Moisture	6.3%	7.9%
Test Weight	31.7 lbs	31.4 lbs
Northern Plains	2016	2015
Oil Content	44.3%	41.4%
Foreign Material	4.0%	4.8%
Moisture	9.8%	10.9%
Test Weight	30.5 lbs	27.8 lbs

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 17, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	98	94	---	---
Mature	94	86	97	94
Harvested	23	12	26	23
South Dakota
Petals Dry	97	94	---	---
Bracts Yellow	90	83	95	97
Mature	83	67	86	---
Harvested	41	15	26	28
Texas
Harvested	65	60	72	70
Kansas
Petals Dry	95	91	99	97
Bracts Yellow	88	81	87	91
Mature	74	62	60	73
Harvested	26	10	20	23
Minnesota
Harvested	50	38	72	48
Colorado
Harvested	12	1	38	32

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 17, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	4	23	66	6
South Dakota	1	4	34	57	4
Minnesota	2	3	36	51	8
Colorado	0	4	27	61	8
Kansas	1	3	28	62	6

Grower Report

Red River Commodities, Inc. Announces the Opening of a Canadian Trading Company

Call for Papers

here. You do not have to submit the actual paper or poster at this time, just the information indicated online and the author information. Submissions must be completed by November 14, 2016.

Upcoming Events

October 19, 2016 - NSA Research Committee Meeting
November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 17, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.14	33.62	35.44	+1.82	36.06
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.45	16.70	16.60	-.10	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.45	16.90	16.80	-.10	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	15.75	16.10	16.10	NC	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.40	18.10	18.10	NC	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 17, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.39	31.85	33.94	+2.09
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.14	43.62	45.44	+1.82
Corn Oil	42.50	46.00	45.50	-.50

Sunflower Highlights

10/11/2016 12:00:00 AM

Harvest is underway in all reporting states. In Texas, 60 percent of the sunflower crop is reported harvested, while Colorado producers are just getting started on the harvest, with one percent of the crop reported harvested.

Crop Progress - Tuesday, October 11, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	94	92	97	95
Mature	86	74	90	82
Harvested	12	6	12	12
South Dakota
Petals Dry	94	85	96	NA
Bracts Yellow	83	69	92	94
Mature	67	39	70	NA
Harvested	15	2	4	11
Texas
Harvested	60	58	66	64
Kansas
Petals Dry	91	84	94	93
Bracts Yellow	81	69	72	82
Mature	62	45	35	59
Harvested	10	---	4	14
Minnesota
Harvested	38	22	47	34
Colorado
Harvested	1	---	17	17

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, October 11, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	1	5	34	57	3
Minnesota	2	3	37	49	9
Colorado	0	3	27	62	8
Kansas	1	3	28	62	6

Reduce Risk of Combine Fires

Keep a clean work area when harvesting sunflower. Blow the combine and grain dryer setup with an air hose daily. If possible, consider having a portable leaf blower on hand for this in the field.

Try nighttime harvesting, when humidity levels are higher.

Keep a small pressure sprayer filled with water on hand in the combine in case of fire.

For more information, click here.

Markets

Sunflower Highlights

10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, October 3, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Bracts Yellow	92	83	95	89
Mature	74	53	76	64
Harvested	6	0	5	6
South Dakota
Petals Dry	85	80	94	97
Bracts Yellow	69	51	80	88
Mature	39	15	44	NA
Harvested	2	0	0	5
Texas
Harvested	58	50	60	58
Kansas
Petals Dry	84	77	87	89
Bracts Yellow	69	55	54	72
Mature	45	23	NA	NA
Minnesota
Harvested	22	10	19	15

Crop Conditions - Monday, October 3, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	1	5	34	57	3
Minnesota	2	3	37	49	9
Colorado	0	3	26	63	8
Kansas	1	3	28	63	5

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Call for Papers

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Grower Report

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November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, October 3, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2017 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	28.48	33.12	33.05	-.07	33.24
Fargo, ND	NuSun	17.30	17.45	17.30	-.15	NQ
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	17.40	17.65	17.60	-.05	NQ
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.40	16.55	16.40	-.15	NQ
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	17.90	18.55	18.40	-.15	NQ

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, October 3, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	26.98	31.62	31.55	-.07
Cotton Oil (psby)	45.66	43.12	43.05	-.07
Corn Oil	42.50	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 26, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	95	90	95	94
Bracts Yellow	83	74	85	76
Mature	53	32	58	43
South Dakota
Petals Dry	80	62	88	93
Bracts Yellow	51	29	62	75
Mature	15	---	16	---
Texas
Harvested	50	40	56	52
Kansas
Petals Dry	77	63	75	81
Bracts Yellow	55	36	33	59
Mature	23	12	---	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 26, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	1	5	35	56	3
Minnesota	2	3	37	49	9
Colorado	0	3	26	63	8
Kansas	1	3	28	63	5

Consider Cattail Control

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USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

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Markets

Sunflower Highlights

9/19/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 19, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	90	86	94	89
Bracts Yellow	74	67	70	58
Mature	32	22	34	---
South Dakota
Blooming	95	90	100	100
Petals Dry	62	50	78	85
Bracts Yellow	29	17	43	59
Texas
Harvested	40	35	48	46
Kansas
Petals Dry	63	47	62	71
Bracts Yellow	36	18	11	45
Mature	12	---	---	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 19, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	1	5	33	58	3
Minnesota	2	3	37	49	9
Colorado	0	3	26	63	8
Kansas	0	3	28	63	6

Research Grant Applications Being Accepted

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Call for Papers

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Bayer Acquires Monsanto in Deal Worth $66 Billion

Upcoming Events

November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, September 19, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2016 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	26.50	32.31	32.83	+.52	33.08
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.30	17.50	17.55	+.05	17.55
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	16.60	17.75	17.70	-.05	17.70
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.10	16.90	16.65	-.25	16.65
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.10	18.10	18.50	+.40	18.65

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, September 19, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	25.25	30.63	31.08	+.45
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.50	42.38	41.98	-.40
Corn Oil	44.50	46.00	46.00	NC

Sunflower Highlights

9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Monday, September 12, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	86	78	89	76
Bracts Yellow	67	52	48	37
Mature	22	6	12	---
South Dakota
Blooming	90	81	100	100
Petals Dry	50	34	65	72
Bracts Yellow	17	8	21	39
Texas
Harvested	35	25	44	45
Kansas
Petals Dry	47	28	45	58
Bracts Yellow	18	---	---	---

Crop Conditions - Monday, September 12, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	1	6	38	53	2
Minnesota	2	3	37	50	8
Colorado	0	3	27	63	7
Kansas	0	2	28	63	7

Estimating Yields in Sunflower Fields

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Sunflower Highlights

9/6/2016 12:00:00 AM

Crop Progress

Crop Progress - Tuesday, September 6, 2016

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Petals Dry	78	66	76	57
Bracts Yellow	52	30	27	19
Mature	6	3	4	---
South Dakota
Blooming	81	79	99	99
Petals Dry	34	13	48	48
Bracts Yellow	8	---	3	16
Texas
Harvested	25	22	39	37
Kansas
Blooming	95	89	92	92
Petals Dry	28	15	33	42

Crop Conditions - Tuesday, September 6, 2016

State	Very Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent
North Dakota	1	5	23	65	6
South Dakota	2	6	38	52	2
Minnesota	2	3	37	50	8
Colorado	0	3	26	64	7
Kansas	0	2	28	63	7

Cofco Takes Ownership of Nidera

Draper Named Head of KSU Plant Pathology

Benefits of Desiccation

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USDA Provides Help with Blackbirds

click here for a map with phone numbers for USDA Wildlife Services personnel that can help North Dakota producers that have blackbird problems. They will respond to you during the damage season by providing loaner cannons and pyrotechnics. These offices will provide further assistance in an attempt to break up large roosts. Some other ways to reduce damage include cattail management, cannons, harassment, desiccants, and repellants. These can be even more effective when used in combination.

Upcoming Events

November 29-30, 2016 - Ag Horizons, Pierre, SD
January 11-12, 2017 – NSA Research Forum, Fargo, ND
June 27-29, 2017 – NSA Summer Seminar, Rapid City, SD

Markets

Weekly Prices Recorded on Tuesday, September 6, 2016 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2016 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	26.85	32.81	32.76	-.05	33.13
Fargo, ND	NuSun	16.75	18.30	17.85	-.45	17.85
Enderlin, ND	NuSun	NQ	18.50	18.05	-.45	18.05
Goodland, KS	NuSun	16.70	16.90	17.05	+.15	17.15
Goodland, KS	High Oleic	18.70	17.90	18.05	+.15	18.90

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.

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Tuesday, September 6, 2016
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. location)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	36.10	31.06	31.11	+.05
Cotton Oil (psby)	43.85	42.81	42.86	+.05
Corn Oil	44.50	46.00	46.00	NC