# A Sunflower Surprise on the Horizon?

> US sunflower ending stocks are headed for their lowest level in five years before any expected yield cut is factored in. South and North Dakota, the top two producing states, received 150% to 600% above normal rainfall over the last 90 days, causing disease pressure.

- Date: 2019-11-07 · published 2019-11-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56201-a-sunflower-surprise-on-the-horizon
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Tightening US sunflower supplies and wet-weather disease losses support sunflower meal and the broader vegetable oil complex as global vegetable oil supplies tighten.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- SUNMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| SBO | 2020-04-08 | [Continues the speculative rise in prices for soybean and sunflower oil](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53736-continues-the-speculative-rise-in-prices-for-soybean-and-sunflower-oil.md) | -3.4% | -7.1% |
| SBO | 2017-09-28 | [The deterioration of the yield supports the sunflower market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69073-the-deterioration-of-the-yield-supports-the-sunflower-market.md) | -0.1% | +3.8% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/Ag/blogs/market-matters-blog/blog-post/2019/11/07/sunflower-surprise-horizon

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