What are sunflowers worth?

Cash NuSun prices are $27.20 to $27.60, with AOG at $26.70 to $27.10 per cwt. High-oleic cash prices are $27.70 to $27.85, with AOG at $27.20 to $27.35. In the High Plains, high-oleic AOG contracts are at $27.50 per cwt. Something else to consider is the oil premiums that crush plants pay on sunflowers.

How much are sunflowers worth?

LONDON (AP) _ An anonymous buyer Monday paid $39.85 million for Vincent van Gogh's ″Sunflowers,″ a dazzling yellow work the artist once hoped to sell for $125. The price was more than triple the record for an auctioned painting.

Are sunflowers profitable?

“If you look at the analyses in the North Dakota State University crop budgets, the sunflower crop is, year in and year out, on a per acre basis, one of the most profitable crops farmers can grow.

How much is an acre of sunflowers worth?

about $250 per acre.

How much does a sunflower seed cost?

Producer prices

1 kilo of Sunflower Seeds in US is around $0.39 in Washington and New York, packed and ready for shipment. The price in EUR currency is 0.39. The prices of sunflower seeds in US per tonne for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 were US$ 2,138.96, US$ 2,802.10, US$ 4,310.92 and US$ 3,900.75 respectively.

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Why is sunflower bird seed so expensive?

Drought has brought down the 5-year average of safflower and sunflower seed production. Farmers have been shrinking crop sizes to protect themselves against weather-related losses, so the cost of seeds paid by the consumers has been steadily increasing as a result.

Is there a market for sunflower seeds?

The sunflower seeds market is a segregated market where various players, small and large, are in the market. Advanta Seeds, Sakata, Syngenta, Corteva Agriscience, Groupe Limagrain are some of the players working in the market.

How much can I sell my sunflowers for?

Despite a global pandemic, sunflower prices are at a very minimum selling wholesale for $1 USD/stem.

How do sunflower farmers make money?

Sunflower is the only oilseed that pays premiums for oil content above 40%. Considering that oil premiums are offered at the crush plants on oil content above 40% at a rate of 2% price premium for each 1% of oil above 40%, this pushes a contract with 45% oil content gross return 10% higher per cwt.

Is sunflower a cash crop?

It can grow in diverse soil and agro-climatic conditions. Pest and disease management of sunflower is easy through timely measures. Sunflower is a cash crop, meaning it can give farmers good income. It is one of the most lucrative oilseed crops.

What crop is the most profitable?

What do farmers do with sunflowers?

California produces more than 90 percent of the country's hybrid sunflower planting seed, which is shipped around the nation and world. The seed is used to grow sunflower seeds for a healthy snack or salad topper, and for seeds that are expressed into sunflower oil, valued for its clean taste and polyunsaturated fat.

What do farmers do with sunflower stalks?

Sunflowers continue to be an important oilseed crop worldwide. Many of them are used for birdseed but most are processed into vegetable oil. The green stalks are chopped like silage and used as cattle feed.

How many sunflowers in the painting that sold for 40 million?

Van Gogh never knew riches - no one bought the Dutchman's pictures until years after he took his own life in 1890. Always broke, van Gogh was supported by his brother Theo, an art dealer. The picture sold today, painted in January 1889, is one of six featuring sunflowers.

How much is the sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh?

A painting of dazzling yellow sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh was sold today for $39.85 million, more than three times the highest price ever paid for a painting at auction.

Who bought Van Gogh's sunflowers?

The new owner of the van Gogh ''Sunflowers'' that is the most expensive artwork in the world - it was sold for $39.9 million on March 30 at a Christie's auction in London - is the Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Tokyo.

Are sunflowers a good crop to grow?

Everyone loves growing sunflowers. With bright blooms that go all summer, very few plants are as heat-tolerant, resistant to pests, and attractive to pollinators and birds. They make beautiful cut flowers and their seeds (and oil) are a source of food for birds and people!

What can you make with sunflowers?

Sunflower leaves can be used as a greens for salad, boiled in the same way you might cook spinach, or even baked like kale chips. The leaves are also used as an herbal supplement, with the leaves steeped to make tea.

How do you sell a cut sunflower?

Cut stem at desired length, at a 45° angle, to prevent the stem from resting flat on the bottom of the vase. Avoid placing too many heads in one bucket while harvesting; crowded heads may damage each other. Strip cut sunflowers of all leaves, except for those next to the flower head.

What is the most profitable crop to grow in a greenhouse?

Tomatoes. The most common greenhouse crop, tomatoes can also be quite prolific and, thus, profitable. Many varieties—cherry, grape, beefsteak and tomatoes on the vine—are available, and are popular as locally sold vegetable.

Where can I sell sunflower?

Farmer's Markets are a good place for sunflowers because they can draw customers to your booth where they may be attracted to buying other products. It is important to know if there are already producers selling flowers at your farmer's market because competition can be a problem and can drive the prices down.

How do sunflowers add value?

Value-added Products

Growing sunflower types that produce specialty oils may allow for adding value at the farm level if a contract can be procured. Confectionary sunflower seeds are used for food-grade seeds, packaged seeds and ingredients.

Can you sell sunflower seeds?

Good-quality, unroasted sunflower seeds can be dried, packaged and sold as seed, or saved and planted for next year's crop. Each sunflower yields hundreds of seeds for sale as birdseed, snacks or garden seed.