# Sunflower production estimate lowered

> USDA projects global sunflower production for 2024/25 at 51.1 million tonnes, down 10%, led by lower output in the EU, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. Global sunflower oil stocks are forecast to fall 18% to 2.42 million tonnes, the lowest in many years, and US production was cut to 1.15 billion pounds.

- Date: 2025-02-27 · published 2025-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26196-sunflower-production-estimate-lowered
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Tight global sunflower oil stocks and lower crush point to firmer sunflower oil and meal prices, supporting substitution demand for other vegetable oils and meals.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- PALMOIL: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2021-03-10 | [Ukraine's sunflower oil production estimated 20% lower: USDA — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48237-ukraine-s-sunflower-oil-production-estimated-20-lower-usda-latifundist-com.md) | +2.3% | +2.8% |
| SBO | 2020-09-15 | [USDA cut its estimate for sunflower production in Ukraine — Latifundist.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51221-usda-cut-its-estimate-for-sunflower-production-in-ukraine-latifundist-com.md) | -0.0% | -3.3% |
| SBO | 2022-07-13 | [Global sunflower production expected to drop](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40600-global-sunflower-production-expected-to-drop.md) | +0.0% | +4.2% |
| SBO | 2022-12-21 | [Global sunflower production down due to war in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38355-global-sunflower-production-down-due-to-war-in-ukraine.md) | -0.2% | -3.4% |
| SBO | 2023-09-14 | [WASDE: Soybean Estimates Have Been Lowered](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34179-wasde-soybean-estimates-have-been-lowered.md) | -1.6% | -10.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2019-12-31 | [East Malaysia-based planters benefit from CPO rally, lower production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5457-east-malaysia-based-planters-benefit-from-cpo-rally-lower-production.md) | +6.5% | +3.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2022-12-20 | [USDA lowers 2022/23 global oilseed production forecast by 1M tonnes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38366-usda-lowers-2022-23-global-oilseed-production-forecast-by-1m-tonnes.md) | +0.6% | +1.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-12-15 | [Palm oil falls 1% MoM on lower production, expected to improve in 2022 15.12.2021 - UkrAgroConsult](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15860-palm-oil-falls-1-mom-on-lower-production-expected-to-improve-in-2022-15-12-2021.md) | -1.1% | +8.2% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/sunflower-production-estimate-lowered

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