# Sunflower Highlights

> Crop progress for the week ending July 31, 2017 showed 91% of Minnesota's sunflower crop in good to excellent condition and 66% of Kansas's rated good to excellent. Blooming was ahead of last year in North Dakota and South Dakota, and Texas harvest had begun. A proposed $250,000 appropriation would fund aircraft to repel blackbirds from sunflower fields.

- Date: 2017-07-31 · published 2017-07-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70091-sunflower-highlights
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Crop condition ratings in the Northern Plains are weak in North Dakota and South Dakota, which points to a smaller US sunflower crop and firmer meal and oil supply. The blackbird funding is a minor cost-side item.

## Sources

- sunflowernsa.com: https://sunflowernsa.com/media/pressreleases/Sunflower-Highlights-July-31-2017/

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