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Sunflower Area to Decline
WASHINGTON - Mar 30/07 - SNS -- Sunflower growers in the United States expect to plant a total of 1.80 million acres in 2007, down 8% from last year and down 34% from 2005, according to the USDA's seeding intentions estimates for 2007.
Area intended for oil type varieties, at 1.47 million acres, is down 12% from 2006, but the non-oil varieties, estimated at 334,000 acres, are up 14% from last year.
North Dakota sunflower growers intend to plant 910,000 acres in 2007, up 10,000 from 2006, and growers in Minnesota are expecting an acreage increase this year of 11,000 acres.
However, acreage decreases are expected in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Texas. Growers in South Dakota intend to plant 405,000 acres, down 125,000 from the previous year.
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