# Plant shutdowns and falling sunflower oil prices are putting pressure on sunseed prices in Ukraine - AgriInsite

> Sunflower seed prices in Ukraine fell 500 UAH/t to 29,500-30,500 UAH/t after power outages shut several processing plants. Bulgarian purchases of Argentine sunseed and strong Indian demand for Argentine supply added pressure, and Ukrainian sunflower oil demand prices dropped $10/t to $1,270-1,280/t.

- Date: 2026-02-26 · published 2026-02-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Black Sea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20717-plant-shutdowns-and-falling-sunflower-oil-prices-are-putting-pressure-on
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Lower sunseed and sunflower oil prices, plus extra Argentine supply, point to softer sunflower meal and oil values for feed and food buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-12-04 | [Sunflower prices in Ukraine remain under pressure from falling export prices for sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27070-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-remain-under-pressure-from-falling-export-prices.md) | +2.9% | -0.0% |
| SBO | 2023-06-02 | [Despite the drop in prices, the rate of sunflower oil exports from Ukraine remains high](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35624-despite-the-drop-in-prices-the-rate-of-sunflower-oil-exports-from-ukraine.md) | +5.0% | +20.5% |
| SBO | 2019-04-23 | [Ukraine and Russia increase the production of sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59716-ukraine-and-russia-increase-the-production-of-sunflower-oil.md) | -2.9% | -4.2% |
| SBO | 2025-09-24 | [Vegetable oil prices fall under pressure from increased supply from Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22946-vegetable-oil-prices-fall-under-pressure-from-increased-supply-from-argentina.md) | -0.4% | +3.3% |
| SBO | 2023-02-23 | [Declining rapeseed oil and meal prices in China will soon increase the pressure on the world rapeseed market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37283-declining-rapeseed-oil-and-meal-prices-in-china-will-soon-increase-the-pressure.md) | -2.5% | -8.3% |

## Sources

- agriinsite.com: https://agriinsite.com/plant-shutdowns-and-falling-sunflower-oil-prices-are-putting-pressure-on-sunseed-prices-in-ukraine/

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