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Sunflower seeds: Romania expects 50% larger crop

June 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM , Der AUDITOR
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SOFIA/KYIV. Provided that sunflower seed yields recover, experts predict a significant increase in production in the EU. In Ukraine, growers have almost completed sowing.

EU production to increase by 17%

In the hope that yields will recover this season, the European Commission's current forecasts predict that EU sunflower seed production will increase significantly year-on-year in 2025 despite smaller acreages. The coming crop is estimated to total 9.666 million mt, which would be an increase of 16.7% compared to last year. Following the massive slump in yields, production in Romania is expected to increase by almost 50% to 2.229 million mt this year, while better results are also expected in Bulgaria (+16.3% to 1.871 million mt) and

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