USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - May 30/02 - 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 30. 2002
Weekly Trends: 
Sunflower Seeds were mostly 10 to 15 cents higher.
Sunflower Meal was steady to 5.00 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        10.95    up 10    10.65   up 10    10.55   up 10
F/H Jun    10.95    up 10    10.65   up 10    10.55   up 10
L/H Jun    10.95    up 10    10.65   up 10    10.35   up 10
Jul        10.70    up 5     10.45   up 20    10.35   up 10
Oct/Nov    9.75     up 10    - -     - -      9.20    up 20
NuSun - Mid-Oleic 
May        - -               11.00   up 10    10.90   up 10
F/H Jun    - -               11.00   up 10    10.90   up 10
L/H Jun    - -               11.00   up 10    10.70   up 10
Jul        - -               10.80   up 10    10.70   up 10
Oct/Nov    - -               - -     - -      9.80    up 20
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 24.38    up 26                     542.99-576.06    up 5.73-16.75
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         No Quote    - -             100.00    up 5.00
F/H Jun   90.00     unch         No Quote    - -             100.00    up 5.00
L/H Jun   90.00     unch         87.00       unch            100.00    unch
Jul       No Bid    - -          87.00       unch            No Bid    - - 
           East River South Dakota
Sunflower Seeds Closing Elevator Bids prices per CWT
US 1 Sunflower Basis 40 Pct Oil
Mitchell     9.65    up 60   
                 Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
Location       Price    Change      Location     Price   Change
Goodland  9.95-10.45    up 15       Delphos      9.35    up 15
Shallow Water   8.85    up 15       Big Bow      8.60    up 15
Hugoton         8.50    up 15       Plains       8.50    up 15
Leoti           8.85    up 15       Johnson      8.55    - -  
Bird City       9.60    - -  
Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN