USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Jan 3/08 - SNS -- The USDA's weekly national sunflower seed market review was released today. The report covers the period ending Jan and covers U.S. seed, oil and meal markets for regular and mid-oleic acid sunflower seed.

National Sunflower Summary

Prices as of      Thu Jan 03, 2008

Weekly Trends:
Sunflower Seeds were steady to 40 cents higher, mostly 35 to 40 cents higher.

Sunflower Seeds, Flax, Canola Daily Report
           Sunflower Seed Delivered Plant - Dollars Per CWT.
Bid To            Fargo               Enderlin
Arrive               ND                    ND
Jan                 - -   - -             - -   - -
Feb                 - -   - -             - -   - -
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NuSun - Mid-Oleic
Jan                20.70  up 40          20.70  up 40
Feb                20.80  up 40          20.80  up 40
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
Jan               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
Jan               177.00  unch                    195.00  up 5
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Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location          Price   Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland           20.50  up 35       Newton       20.00  unch
Jamestown          20.25  up 35

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland    20.00- 21.00  up 35       Garden Cit   17.50  unch
Shallow Water      19.90  up 35       Johnson      17.50  unch
Plains             19.60  up 35       Bird City     - -   - -
Leoti              19.90  up 35       Jamestown    20.75  up 35
Ulysses             - -   - -

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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