Ukraine Sunflower Seed insights

Pre-war the HO acreage was climbing but war flipped the script while global food-industry demand for HO FO still runs hot and keeps pull high. In 2024, HO SFS area was lowest since 2019/20. The yields under heat stress deepen the dip and disappointing. Use at home includes snacks & fast-food bakery foodservice thanks to

Low yields in the south are keeping sunflower seed prices in Ukraine at a high level, but their further growth is limiting the fall in prices for Russian oil.

Ukraine has already harvested 27.3 million tons of early grains and legumes. This is reported by the Ministry of Economy, Environment, and Agriculture of Ukraine. According to the Ministry, 60% of the areas planted with these crops have already been threshed. In terms of crops, the harvest looks as follows: Among the leaders, in particular: In the Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions, sunflower harvesting has begun, and in the Kharkiv region, soybean harvesting has started. Recall that this year's grain export pace has halved.