# Larger EU sunflower seed harvest expected

> The EU Commission estimates the 2026 EU-27 sunflower-seed crop at 9.6 million metric tons, 13% above the previous year but slightly below the high 2023 harvest. Larger crops in Romania and Bulgaria are driving the increase, while Hungary and France are expected to produce less than in 2025.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T15:07:52.609Z
- Category: report · region EU · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84101-larger-eu-sunflower-seed-harvest-expected
- Commodities: [Sunflower Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SUNMEAL.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The larger EU crop should improve sunflower-seed availability and could increase crushing supplies, putting downward pressure on sunflower oil and meal prices. The gains are concentrated in Romania and Bulgaria, while output declines in some other producers temper the increase.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼
- SUNMEAL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2022-05-30 | [EU sunflower harvest to set record by bigger margin than thought - Grain Price News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41521-eu-sunflower-harvest-to-set-record-by-bigger-margin-than-thought-grain-price.md) | -0.3% | -14.2% |
| SBO | 2023-04-14 | [EU sunflower-seed output set to hit record level this year](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36521-eu-sunflower-seed-output-set-to-hit-record-level-this-year.md) | +1.0% | -3.8% |
| SBO | 2023-07-21 | [W28: Sunflower Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35160-w28-sunflower-update.md) | +5.4% | -0.5% |
| SBO | 2023-09-01 | [W34: Sunflower Update](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34216-w34-sunflower-update.md) | -4.2% | -10.4% |
| SBO | 2024-04-01 | [The Grain Council raised the forecast for the world sunflower harvest by 600 thousand tons](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30847-the-grain-council-raised-the-forecast-for-the-world-sunflower-harvest-by-600.md) | +0.2% | -5.4% |

## Sources

- biobased-diesel.com: https://www.biobased-diesel.com/post/larger-eu-sunflower-seed-harvest-expected

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