USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - May 16/02 - 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 16, 2002
Weekly Trends: 
Sunflower Seeds were mostly 5 cents higher.
Sunflower Meal was steady to 3.00 higher.
Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report 
         Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To     Red Wing          Fargo            Enderlin     
Arrive     MN                ND               ND           
May        10.40    up 5     10.10   up 5     10.00   up 5
Jun        10.20    up 5     10.10   up 5     9.80    up 5
Jul        10.00    unch     9.80    unch     9.80    up 5
Oct/Nov    9.45     unch     - -     - -      - -     - - 
NuSun - Mid-Oleic 
May        - -               10.45   up 5     10.40   up 5
Jun        - -               10.45   up 5     10.20   up 5
Jul        - -               10.25   up 5     10.20   up 5
Oct/Nov    - -               - -     - -      9.50    unch 
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil.
Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant    
FOB    North Dakota/Minnesota-Cents per lb    Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
May    Ltd 23.18    up 20                     5.16.54-527.56    up 4.414
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 
May       90.00     unch         90.00       up 3.00         95.00     unch
Jun       No Bid    - -          90.00       up 3.00         100.00    unch
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     9.05    dn 5    
                 Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
Location       Price    Change      Location     Price   Change
Goodland   9.35-9.85    up 5        Delphos      8.75    up 5
Shallow Water   8.25    up 5        Big Bow      8.00    up 5
Hugoton         7.90    up 5        Plains       7.90    up 5
Leoti           8.25    up 5        Johnson      7.95    - -  
Bird City       9.05    - -  
Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN