USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar 20/08 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Mar and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

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National Sunflower Summary

Prices as of      Thu        Mar 20, 2008

Weekly Trends:
Sunflower Seeds were mostly 2.20 to 2.75 lower.

Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report
           Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To            Fargo               Enderlin
Arrive               ND                    ND
Mar                23.85  dn 275          - -   - -
N/C                23.85  dn 215          - -   - -
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NuSun - Mid-Oleic
Mar                23.85  dn 275         23.85  dn 275
N/C                23.85  dn 215         23.85  dn 215
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil
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Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant
FOB               ND/MN - Dollars per cwt       Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
Mar               Not Available                 Not Available
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Sunflower Meal, FOB Dock Plant - Dollars per short ton
_                 West Fargo, ND                Enderlin, ND
_                 32 Pct Protein                35 Pct Protein
_                 Price   Change                  Price   Change
Mar               190.00  dn 10                   185.00  dn 30
Apr/May           190.00  no comp                 180.00  no comp
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Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location          Price   Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland           26.10  dn 220      Newton       26.50  unch
Jamestown          25.85  dn 220

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland    25.35- 26.60  dn 230-220  Garden Cit    - -   - -
Shallow Water      25.10  dn 220      Johnson      27.00  unch
Plains             24.55  dn 220      Bird City     - -   - -
Leoti              25.10  dn 220      Jamestown    26.35  dn 220
Ulysses             - -   - -

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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