USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Aug 3/06 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Aug and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Sunflower Summary

Prices as of Thursday, Aug 3, 2006

Weekly Trends:
Sunflower Seeds were steady to 1.00 higher.

Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report
           Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To       Red Wing          Fargo             Enderlin
Arrive       MN                ND                ND
Aug          - -    - -        11.00  unch       - -    - -
Sept         - -    - -        11.00  unch       - -    - -

NuSun - Mid-Oleic
Aug          - -    - -        11.00  unch       11.00  unch
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil

Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant
FOB       ND/MN - Dollars per cwt        Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
Aug       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
Aug       Not Available           90.00    no comp

South Dakota
Aberdeen - Nu Sunflower   9.50   unch

Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location         Price    Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland   10.50-11.25    up .25      Bird City   10.10   up 1.00
Garden City      11.00    up .25      Newton      10.75   up .25
Jamestown         9.95    up .25  	

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland   11.50-12.25    up .25      Jamestown  10.95    up .25
Shallow Water     8.60    unch        Bird City  10.10    unch
Plains            8.40    unch        Leoti       8.60    unch
Ulysses           9.75    unch        Johnson     9.15    unch

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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