# Ukraine February sunseed stocks fall to five-year low

> Ukraine's sunflower seed stocks began February at 4.3 million tons, down 32% year on year and at five-year lows. Heavy crushing and a 2 million ton drop in production drove the decline, and soybean and barley stocks also fell sharply.

- Date: 2021-02-23 · published 2021-02-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Black Sea · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48755-ukraine-february-sunseed-stocks-fall-to-five-year-low
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Barley](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARLEY.md)

## Why it matters

Tight seed availability from April means crushers may face shortages, which supports sunflower meal and oil prices and limits export supply.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- BARLEY: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2021-03-25 | [Ukraine. Sunflower stocks were down 31% year-on-year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48240-ukraine-sunflower-stocks-were-down-31-year-on-year.md) | -6.5% | +5.0% |
| SBO | 2018-02-07 | [Tighter stocks seen for sunflowers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66609-tighter-stocks-seen-for-sunflowers.md) | -4.8% | -3.7% |
| 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 | 2025-05-15 | [USDA forecasts lower US soybean stocks, record crush for 2025/26 \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24760-usda-forecasts-lower-us-soybean-stocks-record-crush-for-2025-26-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.8% | -4.5% |
| SBO | 2024-08-13 | [USDA analysts lowered sunseed crop forecast](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28927-usda-analysts-lowered-sunseed-crop-forecast.md) | -3.5% | -1.4% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/ukraine-february-sunseed-stocks-fall-to-five-year-low/

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