November 5, 2024
Prices for Ukrainian sunflowers and rapeseed continue to rise
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) Last week, Ukrainian sunflower and rapeseed prices continued to rise due to sustained demand from some export-oriented companies and higher prices on the external market. As Ukrainian…
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October 18, 2024
The 2024/25 marketing year will be a major challenge for Bulgarian sunflower processors
Source: APKinform (Ukraine) Bulgaria is expecting one of the most difficult seasons for sunflower processors. This is due to the fact that the 2024 oilseed crop is small, low in…
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October 15, 2024
Romanian sunflower price 100 US dollars per ton above the previous year’s price
Source: Ukragroconsult (Ukraine) In October, there was a sharp rise in sunflower prices in Romania. From October 4 to 11, the average price for Romanian sunflowers reached USD 530/ton FOB…
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September 26, 2024
Tariffs on sunflower meal exports from Russia continue to rise
Source: APKinform (Ukraine) In October this year, the export duty on sunflower meal in Russia will be increased – from 2,881 rubles/ton in September to almost 2,928 rubles/ton. At the…
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September 25, 2024
US sunflower acreage down by almost 50 percent
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) Sunflower acreage in the United States in 2024 is down 46% from 2023 to 715,200 acres (289,400 hectares), according to the USDA’s first crop report. At 593,900…
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September 23, 2024
Russia remains the world’s most important supplier of sunflower seed
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) According to the latest estimate by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the global sunflower seed harvest is likely to be lower than previously expected. Harvests are…
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September 17, 2024
Moldova almost triples sunflower seed exports in 2024
Source: APKinform (Ukraine) Exports of sunflower seeds from the Republic of Moldova from January to August this year amounted to 344.56 thousand tons, which is 2.7 times the volume of…
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September 16, 2024
USDA again downgrades sunflower and oil forecast for Ukraine
Source: Ukragroconsult (Ukraine) The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has lowered its forecast for the production of sunflowers and sunflower products in Ukraine in the 2024/25 marketing year. This is…
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September 12, 2024
Bulgaria reports lowest sunflower harvest in a decade
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) According to a new USDA FAS/Sofia report, the Bulgarian oilseed harvest in the 2024/25 marketing year will be lower due to the extremely hot and dry weather…
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August 16, 2024
Oil content of Ukrainian sunflowers is record low
Source: Ukragroconsult (Ukraine) Sunflowers from the new harvest are being traded at 490-500 dollars with VAT, depending on the oil content. This is reported by analysts from Spike Brokers in…
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August 14, 2024
Ukrainian sunflower meal exports down 28 percent to 290,000 tons in July
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) Exports of Ukrainian sunflower meal decreased to 290 thousand tons in July this season. This is 28% less than in June, but 12% more than in July…
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August 14, 2024
The cost of sunflowers in Kazakhstan has risen by 38 percent over the course of the week
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) The rise in prices for flax, rapeseed and sunflowers in Kazakhstan is continuing. Experts assume that the upward trend will continue. “In the oilseed group, prices continue…
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August 13, 2024
Drought in Romania causes sunflower yields to drop to 1 ton per hectare
Source: Ukragroconsult (Ukraine) Romanian farmers have started harvesting sunflowers due to the unusually high temperatures. The weather conditions led to a drop in yields of up to 90 percent. While…
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August 9, 2024
Russia’s sunflower harvest could fall by 10 percent in 2024
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) The gross sunflower harvest in Russia this year will be at least 15.6 million tons, not counting new areas, but due to the drought, yields in the…
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August 7, 2024
Turkey sets import quotas for sunflowers and sunflower oil for 2025
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) The Turkish government has set tariff quotas for the import of sunflowers and sunflower oil for 2025, reports Grain On-Line, citing Haberler.com. The quotas apply to Turkish…
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August 6, 2024
Sunflower exports from Bulgaria fell by 26 percent
Source: Oleoscope (Russia) Bulgaria exported only 450,000 tons of sunflowers in the first eleven months of the current season. This is 26% less than in the same period of the…
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