Sunflower Highlights

Post Date: May 19 2025

Crop Progress - Monday, May 19, 2025

State	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Year Average
North Dakota
Planted	19	7	16	8
South Dakota
Planted	7	1	1	3
Kansas
Planted	4	--	6	8
Minnesota
Planted	44	21	20	25
Colorado
Planted	11	4	8	9
Texas
Planted	NA	NA	23	18

Registration is now open for our 2025 NSA Summer Seminar, scheduled for June 24-26, 2025. This year’s Summer Seminar will be held in Bismarck, North Dakota. You can register on our website – go to 2025 NSA Summer Seminar You’ll find our tentative schedule too, as well as hotel information and more. Pre-registration will begin at $375 and golf at $130, so register early for the best price. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Radisson Hotel Bismarck. To reserve your room, call 701-255-6000 or online https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/du92l1. The rate is $129.00 per night plus taxes. The block of rooms will expire on May 23, 2025. The program is being finalized, and more information will be coming soon. Contact Tina Mittelsteadt at tinam@sunflowernsa.com with questions.

Markets

In the past week, nearby sunflower prices were up 25 cents to $1.00 with new crop down 50 cents to unchanged at the crush plants. USDA recently released one of its most important World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports for the year. It gave the market the first look at global production, supply, and demand forecasts for the 2025/26 marketing year for several crops. Historically these are the fundamental figures that will largely dictate pricing for 2025 crops over the next year. Global sunflower production in 2025/26 is forecast to increase 8 percent from the previous year to 56.2 million metric tons (MMT). Increased production is estimated for the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Turkey as well as the European Union. Russia is expected to remain the world’s largest producer, followed by Ukraine and the European Union. Global ending sunflower seed stocks are expected to increase by 6 percent from the previous year. With the additional seed supply, global crush is expected to increase by 9 percent from 2024/25. Global sunflower oil consumption is projected to go up 9 percent, driven by the larger crush. Sunflower oil exports are also expected to increase by 8 percent, from last year. Ending global sunflower oil stocks are forecast to fall slightly from 2024/25 levels. Take these figures with a grain salt as they are the first estimate for the next marketing year. The majority of the sunflower crop is just being planted, and we are a long ways away from it being in the bin. A lot can happen in the months ahead.

USDA to ask about 2025 Crops and Stocks

During the next few weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major inquiries, contacting producers from across the United States to determine crop acreage and stock levels as of June 1, 2025. Data for the June Agricultural Survey are gathered via the Internet, mail, or by phone interview. For the June Area Survey, trained National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) enumerators representing NASS visit select tracts of land to interview the operators of any farm or ranch within that selected tract. Producers are asked to provide information on planted acres, acres expected to be harvested, and grain stocks. NASS will publish the results in a series of USDA reports, including the Acreage and Grain Stocks reports, on June 30, 2025. These and all NASS reports are available online; visit www.nass.usda.gov/Publications to see the reports.

NSA Website Provides Helpful Information for Producers

Have questions about growing sunflowers? You’ll find the answers to your questions on our website! Visit www.sunflowernsa.com and click on the “Growers” section – you will 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.

Upcoming Events

June 24-26, 2025 - NSA Summer Seminar; Bismarck, ND

Markets at a Glance

Weekly Prices Recorded on Monday, May 19, 2025 ($/CWT)

	Deliver	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change	2025 NEW Crop
Chicago Oil	Nearby	46.32	49.49	49.48	-.01	49.93
West Fargo, ND	High Oleic	13.75	27.75	28.00	+.25	22.55
Enderlin, ND	High Oleic	15.00	26.75	27.50	+.75	22.70
Lamar, CO	High Oleic	16.00	27.00	28.00	+1.00	22.50

U.S. CRUDE OIL VALUES recorded on Monday, May 19, 2025
(dollars per 100 lb. internal U.S. locations)

	Last Year	Last Week	This Week	Change
Soybean Oil	49.32	48.49	48.48	-.01
Cotton Oil (pbsy)	71.32	74.49	74.48	-.01
Corn Oil	55.00	49.00	49.00	NC

Prices recorded here are believed to be reliable at the time of posting. Individual companies have the right to correct any errors that may occur. Contact these facilities for complete market details.

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