# Plant more sunflower acres this year

> The National Sunflower Association says US sunflower acres could rise 10% to 15% in 2019 without seriously pressuring prices, based on contracting chatter and firm oil sunflower prices. The article also notes a shift from NuSun to high-oleic varieties and growing domestic and export demand for sunflower oil.

- Date: 2019-04-02 · published 2019-04-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59714-plant-more-sunflower-acres-this-year
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md), [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Expanded sunflower plantings would add supply to the oilseed and meal complex, but the association judges demand strong enough to absorb it without a big price hit.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: neutral
- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2017-06-07 | [Sunflower prices down 10%](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70614-sunflower-prices-down-10.md) | +2.2% | +5.6% |
| SBO | 2023-10-26 | [W42: Sunflower Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33755-w42-sunflower-update.md) | -1.7% | +7.4% |
| SBO | 2023-02-21 | [W7: Weekly Sunflower Oil Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37436-w7-weekly-sunflower-oil-update.md) | -1.9% | -5.1% |
| SBO | 2024-12-12 | [Sunflower prices in Ukraine rose amid supply shortages, but pressure on them increased as production forecast increased in USDA report](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27069-sunflower-prices-in-ukraine-rose-amid-supply-shortages-but-pressure-on-them.md) | -2.8% | +0.7% |
| SBO | 2018-03-17 | [Sunflowers Anticipated To Reach 50 Million Tonnes Globally For First Time \| Nuseed Europe](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66105-sunflowers-anticipated-to-reach-50-million-tonnes-globally-for-first-time.md) | -1.8% | -2.5% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/plant-more-sunflower-acres-this-year

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