# Tighter stocks seen for sunflowers

> USDA put 2017 US sunflower production at 2.17 billion pounds, down 18% from 2016 but above the October forecast. Oil-type output fell 22% to 1.86 billion pounds, and prices are running above last year's levels.

- Date: 2018-02-07 · published 2018-02-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66609-tighter-stocks-seen-for-sunflowers
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

A smaller oil-type crop tightens sunflower oil and meal supplies, supporting seed and meal prices into the new crop year.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: 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 | 2023-07-28 | [NOPA shows tighter soybean oil stocks - McKeany-Flavell](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10706-nopa-shows-tighter-soybean-oil-stocks-mckeany-flavell.md) | -6.0% | -8.0% |
| SBO | 2026-05-21 | [USDA forecasts tighter soybean supplies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19295-usda-forecasts-tighter-soybean-supplies.md) | -1.4% | -4.9% |
| SBO | 2025-03-27 | [Smallest global sunflowerseed harvest in four years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25694-smallest-global-sunflowerseed-harvest-in-four-years.md) | +8.5% | +13.2% |
| SBO | 2022-11-22 | [W46: Weekly Sunflower Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38795-w46-weekly-sunflower-update.md) | +2.4% | -9.1% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/crops/tighter-stocks-seen-for-sunflowers

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