USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Sep 20/07 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Sep and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Sunflower Summary

Prices as of      Thu        Sep 20, 2007

Weekly Trends: Sunflower Seeds in the upper Midwest were steady,
while Kansas Sunflowers were 30 60 cents higher.

Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report
           Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To            Fargo               Enderlin
Arrive               ND                    ND
Sep                18.30  unch            - -   - -
Oct                16.70  unch            - -   - -
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NuSun - Mid-Oleic
F/H Sep            18.30  unch           18.30  unch
Oct                16.70  unch           16.70  unch
US 1 Sunflower basis 40% Oil
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Crude Sunflower Oil FOB Dock Plant
FOB               ND/MN - Dollars per cwt       Gulf - Dollars per metric ton
Sep               Not Available                 Not Available
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Sunflower Meal, FOB Dock Plant - Dollars per short ton
_                 West Fargo, ND                Enderlin, ND
_                 32 Pct Protein                35 Pct Protein
_                 Price   Change                  Price   Change
Sep               125.00  up 30                   125.00  up 28
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Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location          Price   Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland           18.20  up 30       Newton       17.50  unch
Jamestown          17.20  up 60

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland    16.90- 18.70  unch-up 30  Garden Cit   17.00  unch
Shallow Water      16.50  up 45       Johnson      16.50  unch
Plains             17.50  up 165      Bird City    17.00  unch
Leoti              16.50  up 45       Jamestown    17.70  up 45
Ulysses             - -   - -

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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