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Sunflower seeds: crop forecasts continue to deteriorate

July 25, 2024 at 9:57 AM , Der AUDITOR
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SOFIA/KYIV. Heat and drought are causing crop forecasts in countries such as Russia and Ukraine to decline, the same applies to Romania and Bulgaria. Demand has risen massively in the Bulgarian sunflower seed market.

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Above-average temperatures without any redeeming rainfall are causing concerns for the European sunflower seed market. The experts at APK-Inform are already reckoning that lower yields are to be expected. However, thanks to larger acreages, a production result of 14.4-14.5 million mt should still be possible in Ukraine. However, this contrasts with the provisional cultivation data from the Ministry of Agriculture, which at 5.2 million hectares is said to be around 2% lower than last year. However, it is not unusual for the data from different an

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