# Sunflower Crisis in Ukraine: Oil Production Stalled

> Ukrainian oil mills are halting production or switching to rapeseed and soybeans because of a sharp sunflower seed shortage. Processors say current seed prices leave no crushing margin.

- Date: 2026-05-19 · published 2026-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/19370-sunflower-crisis-in-ukraine-oil-production-stalled
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced crush cuts sunflower meal and oil output, tightening export availability and supporting sunflower meal prices, while mills switching to soybeans add some soy demand.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- agroreview.com: https://agroreview.com/en/newsen/crops/sunflower-shortage-ukraine-oil-mills/

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