SUNFLOWERS
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT What kind of weather should aggies hope for?
From an agricultural viewpoint, there's seldom "perfect" or "ideal" weather on the Northern Plains. What's good for some farmers and ranchers is almost always bad for others. That's true now, too. So...
Posted on 11/16/12 at 10:20 AM
THE NEW FORTY Weird - level 10.
I am weird, but I don't have to tell you that. Anyone who has read a handful of my blogs can easily arrive at that conclusion. There are levels of weird though - and let's face it, the level matters. ...
Posted on 9/23/12 at 9:48 PM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTY Outstanding In a Field
I have been looking for a sunflower field, in fact we have been taking different back roads to town looking for a field. Surely someone must have planted one lousy field. Then one day it was there ri...
Posted on 8/9/10 at 4:51 AM
North Dakota company touting new sunflower plant in Texas 
The head of a new North Dakota-based sunflower business says he believes the company's new plant in Lubbock, Texas, is the most technologically advanced sunflower seed roasting facility in North America.
By Associated Press , December 15, 2012
Association says sunflower harvest underway
The National Sunflower Association says this year's harvest should be done well ahead of average. A killing freeze in much of the Northern Plains last week put growers into full harvest mode.
By Associated Press , September 24, 2012
ND poised to once again be sunflower leader
North Dakota sunflower farmers are poised to reclaim bragging rights as the nation's top producers.
By Associated Press , May 11, 2012
Sunflower ‘Giant’ expands into corn
Giant Snacks Inc., of Wahpeton, N.D., is expanding from its sunflower business and is starting to produce a “toasted corn snack.” The company calls it an announcement “of importance similar to when the firm launched its Giant Sunflower brand.”
By Mikkel Pates , March 27, 2012
Should grain broker bonds be increased?
The Anderson Seed Co. Inc., case — with some $4 million in unpaid sunflower deliveries in two states — is the latest case that screams out for higher bond amounts for elevators in cases of insolvency, a North Dakota lawyer says.
By Mikkel Pates , March 06, 2012
N.D. regulators move to declare Mentor's Anderson Seeds insolvent, control N.D. assets
North Dakota regulators filed court documents today to take over a sunflower seed company that may owe farmers in North Dakota and South Dakota more than $4 million.
By Dale Wetzel , March 01, 2012
N.D. dethroned as king sunflower state by S.D.
S.D. producer, on N.D. flooding: 'It's not the way we like to see it happen'That crown has been worn by North Dakota since record-keeping for both states began in 1977. But 2011 flooding and wet weather wiped out acres, and production fell to 766 million pounds. South Dakota farmers produced 777 million pounds.
By Blake Nicholson , January 19, 2012
South Dakota takes top spot in sunflowers
Step aside, North Dakota. South Dakota is now the nation's leading sunflower producer, at least temporarily.
By Jonathan Knutson , January 12, 2012
New leader announced for National Sunflower Association
Longtime marketing director John Sandbakken is now the executive director of the North Dakota-based group. He takes over for the recently retired Larry Kleingartner, who had led the association since its founding in 1981.
By Associated Press , January 11, 2012
Corn, sunflower harvests almost completed in North Dakota
The Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop and weather report that the corn harvest is 96 percent done and the sunflower harvest is 85 percent complete, both well ahead of the long-term average pace.
By Associated Press , November 08, 2011
Thanks to dry weather, Minnesota corn, sunflower harvests nearly finished
According to the weekly U.S. Department of Agriculture crop-weather report for Minnesota, corn was 93 percent harvested as of Sunday. That compares with 86 percent last year and a five-year average of 60 percent.
By Associated Press , October 31, 2011
Wheat stocks down sharply in North Dakota
The Agriculture Department says that stocks of spring, durum and winter wheat as of Sept. 1 were down 38 percent over the year to 229 million bushels. On-farm stocks were down 40 percent and off-farm stocks were down 34 percent.
By Associated Press , October 03, 2011
USDA reports N.D. farmers plant 1.6 million fewer acres
North Dakota farmers, struggling with unusually wet fields, planted far fewer acres this spring than they did a year ago, the federal government says. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s report last week may not have captured how big the drop-off in planted acreage actually is.
By Jonathan Knutson , July 05, 2011
Industry: Sunflowers are sustainable, eco-friendly
Relax, eco-conscious companies and consumers. Sunflowers are sustainable and increasingly easy on the environment.
That’s the message of a new brochure, the “Sunflower Sustainability Statement,” released by the National Sunflower Association in Bismarck.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 25, 2010
N.D. corn, sunflower harvests ahead of schedule
Recent adverse weather made it difficult for North Dakota farmers to complete their field work, but the corn and sunflower harvests remain ahead of schedule.
By Associated Press , November 23, 2010
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