Acres Switch to Sunflowers

Sunflower planting progress is ahead of the five-year average in all major production states. National Sunflower Association Executive Director John Sandbakken said sunflowers are finding their way into additional acres this year. “I’ve heard reports that our guys are switching out some of the earlier planting seed for sunflowers so there could be a little bit more acres,” said Sandbakken. “It’s not something that producers should be afraid of; obviously, we need the acres because of the low stocks that we currently have. It should be a good year for sunflowers.”