# Ukrainian Crushers Face Tight Supply of Sunflower Seeds

> Ukrainian crushers face tight sunflowerseed supply as farmers hold back old crop and new stocks remain low, with heavy rain slowing harvest. Crushers were paying roughly US$327-373/tonne CPT plant, limited by sunflower oil prices and grain corridor timing.

- Date: 2022-10-10 · published 2022-10-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Ukraine · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39251-ukrainian-crushers-face-tight-supply-of-sunflower-seeds
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Tight seed supply limits crush output, reducing sunflower meal and oil availability and supporting meal and oil prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2020-11-11 | [Global Markets: Oilseeds – Lower Sunflower Seed Production in Ukraine, Russia Tightens Global Supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50276-global-markets-oilseeds-lower-sunflower-seed-production-in-ukraine-russia.md) | +4.0% | +7.5% |
| SBO | 2022-03-10 | [Argentina's sunflower crop could dip just as Ukraine war hits supply \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42392-argentina-s-sunflower-crop-could-dip-just-as-ukraine-war-hits-supply-reuters.md) | -7.2% | +238.1% |
| SBO | 2024-09-06 | [Rising sunflower oil and meal prices support sunseed prices in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28427-rising-sunflower-oil-and-meal-prices-support-sunseed-prices-in-ukraine.md) | -2.7% | +1.0% |
| SBO | 2024-09-09 | [Rising sunflower oil and meal prices support sunseed prices in Ukraine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28425-rising-sunflower-oil-and-meal-prices-support-sunseed-prices-in-ukraine.md) | -1.3% | +2.0% |
| SBO | 2020-08-31 | [Low yield supports the price of rapeseed and sunflower](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51719-low-yield-supports-the-price-of-rapeseed-and-sunflower.md) | -0.9% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- vespertool.com: https://vespertool.com/news/ukrainian-crushing-companies-face-tight-supply-of-old-and-new-crop-sunflowerseeds/

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