# Drought and heavy rains "ate up" the sunflower crop, but exports will be higher: analysts surprised with their forecast

> UkrAgroConsult analyst Svitlana Kupriyeva expects 2025/26 Ukrainian sunflower oil and meal exports to rise from last year despite drought and excess moisture cutting the crop. Heat reduced yields in the south and east, while wet weather in the north and west hurt grain quality.

- Date: 2025-08-22 · published 2025-08-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ukraine · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23447-drought-and-heavy-rains-ate-up-the-sunflower-crop-but-exports-will-be-higher
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher expected export volumes despite a smaller crop suggest the sunflower meal market stays adequately supplied, limiting upside in prices for feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- tridge.com: https://www.tridge.com/news/drought-and-heavy-rains-ate-up-the-sunflower-doovla

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