USDA National Sunflower Market Summary

MINNEAPOLIS - Jan 10/08 - 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 10, 2008

Weekly Trends:
Sunflower Seeds were steady to 50 cents higher, mostly 5 to 15 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                20.80  up 10          20.80  up 10
Feb                20.90  up 10          20.90  up 10
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               210.00  up 33.00                215.00  up 20.00
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Kansas Sunflower Markets
Sunflower Bids are quoted as delivered, Dollars per CWT
REGULARS:
Location          Price   Change      Location    Price   Change
Goodland           20.55  up 5        Newton       20.00  unch
Jamestown          20.30  up 5

NuSun- Mid-Oleic:
Goodland    20.05- 21.05  up 5        Garden Cit   18.00  up 50
Shallow Water      20.05  up 15       Johnson      17.50  unch
Plains             19.75  up 15       Bird City    20.65  no comp
Leoti              20.05  up 15       Jamestown    20.80  up 5
Ulysses             - -   - -

Source:  USDA Market News Service, Minneapolis, MN

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