he European Union is facing a shortfall in sunflower oil as war blocks exports from key supplier Ukraine, vegetable oil industry group FEDIOL said on Friday. EU refineries source 35%-45% of their ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Sunflowers are popping up this fall, bathing fields here in yellow. Besides adding color, sunflowers enrich soil and sustain bees, butterflies and other pollinators on fields where ...

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency released its first round of data on certified crop acres for the 2025 growing season on Aug. 1, the numbers held a surprise for sunflowers ...

To borrow one of Yogi Berra's lines, it looks like deja vu all over again for area sunflower growers. As was the case a year ago, farmers are nearing the crop insurance deadlines to plant sunflowers.

Sunflowers are a significant economic asset in the Dakotas, and a new festival in Highmore, South Dakota, aims to highlight the importance of this key crop. Sunflowers are not only recognized for ...

Sunflowers are tough plants, but now University of Colorado Boulder researchers are looking to make them even tougher, and the findings may help other crops survive climate change. The goal of the ...

Austin farmer Tom Finnegan chats with someone in front of his crop of sunflowers Aug. 8, 2025, during a field day on the Finnegan Farm in Austin, Minnesota.