# Late, difficult harvest boosts sunflower prices

> A late, difficult US sunflower harvest has left crushers short of seed, lifting nearby prices by $1.50 to $1.60 per cwt. Bird food prices have also risen slightly while East Coast demand has been soft.

- Date: 2020-01-07 · published 2020-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55197-late-difficult-harvest-boosts-sunflower-prices
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Limited US seed supply supports sunflower meal and oil values, with firmer palm and soyoil prices adding upward pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-11-22 | [Low harvest supports sunseed prices in Hungary](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27529-low-harvest-supports-sunseed-prices-in-hungary.md) | -3.6% | -5.3% |
| SBO | 2022-09-19 | [Sunflower prices in Ukraine are rising against the backdrop of a low harvest, long rains and rising rapeseed prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39703-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-are-rising-against-the-backdrop-of-a-low-harvest.md) | -5.4% | -5.7% |
| SBO | 2023-08-31 | [EU sunflower seed production faces challenges amidst surprising early harvest results](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34702-eu-sunflower-seed-production-faces-challenges-amidst-surprising-early-harvest.md) | -3.3% | -9.7% |
| SBO | 2020-03-02 | [Sunflowers buck negative price trend](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54251-sunflowers-buck-negative-price-trend.md) | +0.6% | -5.2% |
| 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

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/late-difficult-harvest-boosts-sunflower-prices

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