# Sunflower Highlights

> USDA-style crop progress data released May 30, 2017 shows sunflower planting ahead of average in many states, with Minnesota at 85% planted versus a 64% average and North Dakota at 58%. Syngenta launched the PLENARIS seed treatment fungicide for downy mildew in sunflower, and researchers published the first sunflower genome sequence.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71116-sunflower-highlights
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

Fast planting supports a normal sunflower crop outlook, which keeps oilseed and meal supply comfortable; the new seed treatment is an agronomic change with little near-term price effect.

## Read by commodity

- SUNMEAL: neutral

## Sources

- sunflowernsa.com: https://www.sunflowernsa.com/media/pressreleases/Sunflower-Highlights-May-30-2017/

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