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The latest USDA crop progress report shows sunflower harvest nearly complete across major states, with North Dakota at 93% and South Dakota at 94%, roughly in line with averages. Seed quality data shows lower oil content in the High Plains and Northern Plains compared with 2016.
Harvest is essentially finished and lower oil content points to modestly smaller oil yields, with limited direct impact on meal prices.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.