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Bulgarian Sunflower Stocks RisingVANCOUVER - Dec 20/06 - SNS -- Most of the sunflowers grown in Bulgaria are oilseed type, though the country's striped sunflower seed output does compete for demand in Europe. The current marketing year is beginning with a higher than normal 167,000 metric tons (MT) on hand. The U.S. agricultural attache for the country reports that these stocks are a result of record high crop in 2005 (934,000 MT according to the agriculture ministry, of which 904,000 MT black oil bearing and 31,000 MT black and white sunflower). According to official data, planted areas in 2006-07 were over 713,000 hectares of which 710,200 hectares were harvested and production was reported at 1.150 million MT at 1.62 MT per hectare average yield. Subscribers can read the full text of the article by Clicking here
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