# Low yields in the south keep sunflower prices in Ukraine high at the start of the 2025/26 season, but their further growth limits the fall in prices for Russian oil

> First harvest data in Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk show very low sunflower yields of about 0.56 t/ha. Ukrainian processors are keeping sunflower purchase prices high while boosting rapeseed and soybean crushing plans.

- Date: 2025-08-26 · published 2025-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23444-low-yields-in-the-south-keep-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-high-at-the-start-of
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Poor southern yields support sunflower raw material costs, while processors shifting to rapeseed and soybeans adds alternative meal supply, limiting how far sunflower meal can rise.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: neutral
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- graintrade.com.ua: https://graintrade.com.ua/en/novosti/nizka-vrozhajnist-na-pivdni-utrimue-tcini-na-sonyashnik-v-ukraini-na-starti-sezonu-202526-.html

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