USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - May 2/02 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending May and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Sunflower Summary
Prices as of Thursday, May 02, 2002
Weekly Trends: 
Sunflower Seeds were 5 to 15 cents lower, mostly 5 cents lower. 
Sunflower Meal was steady to 10.00 lower.
Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report 
         Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To     Red Wing          Fargo            Enderlin     
Arrive     MN                ND               ND           
May        10.15    dn 5     9.75    dn 15    9.70    dn 15
Jun        9.95     up 5     9.75    up 5     9.50    dn 15
Jul        9.75     - -      9.55    - -      9.40    - - 
Oct/Nov    9.45     - -      - -     - -      - -     - - 
NuSun - Mid-Oleic 
May        - -               10.10   dn 15    10.00   dn 15
Jun        - -               10.10   up 5     9.80    dn 15
Jul        - -               9.90    - -      9.70    - - 
Oct/Nov    - -               - -     - -      9.35    - -
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil.
Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant    
FOB    North Dakota/Minnesota-Cents per lb    Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
Apr    Ltd 22.67    dn 47                     510.81    dn 4.85-10.36
Sunflower Meal, FOB Dock Plant - Dollars per short ton
          Red Wing, MN           West Fargo, ND              Enderlin, ND
          28 Pct Protein         32 Pct Protein              35 Pct Protein
          Price     Change       Price       Change          Price     Change 
F/H May   90.00     unch         No Bid      - -             95.00     dn 10.00
L/H May   90.00     unch         87.00       unch            95.00     dn 10.00
Jun       No Bid    - -          87.00       unch            100.00    - -
Jul       No Bid    - -          No Bid      - -             No Bid    - - 
              East River South Dakota
Sunflower Seeds Closing Elevator Bids prices per CWT
US 1 Sunflower Basis 40 Pct Oil
Mitchell     8.90    dn 5     
                 Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
Location       Price    Change      Location     Price   Change
Goodland   9.00-9.50    dn 5        Delphos      8.40    dn 5 
Shallow Water   7.90    dn 5        Big Bow      7.65    dn 5 
Hugoton         7.55    dn 5        Plains       7.55    dn 5
Leoti           7.90    dn 5        Johnson      7.60    - -  
Bird City       8.90    - -  
Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN