# Prices, demand create mixed year for alternative crops - Texas Farm Bureau

> Texas planted about 40,000 acres of sunflowers in 2019, down from prior years, due to oversupply and a stronger U.S. dollar. Confectionary sunflower demand is weak after record Dakota yields, while sesame acreage rose to at least 50,000 acres.

- Date: 2019-08-13 · published 2019-08-13T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/57693-prices-demand-create-mixed-year-for-alternative-crops-texas-farm-bureau
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower U.S. sunflower acreage and a strong dollar limit U.S. sunseed supply and export competitiveness, a modest factor for sunflower meal and feed oilseed markets.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- texasfarmbureau.org: https://texasfarmbureau.org/prices-demand-create-mixed-year-alternative-crops/

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