USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Jul 13/06 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Jul and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Sunflower Summary

Prices as of Thursday, July 13, 2006

Weekly Trends:
Sunflower Seeds were steady to 2.25.

Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report
           Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To       Red Wing          Fargo             Enderlin
Arrive       MN                ND                ND
July         - -    - -        - -    - -        - -    - -
Aug          - -    - -        10.75  unch       - -    - -

NuSun - Mid-Oleic
Jul          - -    - -        10.75  unch       10.75  unch
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil

Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant
FOB       ND/MN - Dollars per cwt        Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
July      Not Available                  No Available supplies

Sunflower Meal, FOB Dock Plant - Dollars per short ton
          West Fargo, ND          Enderlin, ND
          32 Pct Protein          35 Pct Protein
          Price     Change        Price    Change
July      No Quote  - -           85.00    up 10.00

South Dakota
Aberdeen - Nu Sunflower   9.25   unch

Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location         Price    Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland   10.25-11.00    up 90-1.00  Bird City   9.10    unch
Garden City      10.75    up 1.75     Newton     10.50    up 2.25
Jamestown         9.70    up 1.75 	

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland   11.25-12.00    up 90-1.00  Jamestown  10.70    1.75
Shallow Water     8.60    unch        Bird City  10.10    unch
Plains            8.40    unch        Leoti       8.60    unch
Ulysses           9.75    up 1.75     Johnson     9.15    unch

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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