Articles tagged under: National Sunflower Association
Act of God Contracts Remain Popular
Published April 9, 2024
Act of God contracts are a popular way of reducing yield risk for specialty crops with no futures market. According to National Sunflower Association Executive Director John Sandbakken, Act of God Contracts allow farmers to lock in prices now for…ND Oilseed Council Election Results
Published March 26, 2024
Adam Bettenhausen and Myron Dieterle have been elected to the North Dakota Oilseed Council and the North Dakota Sunflower Association board of directors. Bettenhausen farms at Wishek and Dieterle farms at Kief.NSA Priorities: Crop Insurance and Reference Prices
Published December 19, 2023
For the National Sunflower Association, the focus going into 2024 will be the farm bill. "We want to strengthen crop insurance and look at something that would increase subsidies so that producers could buy a higher level of coverage," said…NSA Re-elects Officer Team
Published December 6, 2023
Colorado farmer Tom Kirkmeyer will serve another term as president of the National Sunflower Association. Lance Hourigan, who is from Lemmon, South Dakota, will continue to serve as board chairman. The NSA first vice president is Chuck Todd of Onida,…Solid Sunflower Performance
Published November 1, 2023
Mother Nature slowed down the sunflower harvest with the cold and snow. “Harvest is going to be a little more difficult this year," said John Sandbakken, executive director, National Sunflower Association. "We probably haven’t had a situation like this since…Sunflower Growers Hope to Beat the Change in the Weather
Published October 20, 2023
According to National Sunflower Association Executive Director John Sandbakken, the initial sunflower harvest seems to be going well. "Guys are seeing way above average yields with good oil and good test weight." Sandbakken predicts that a lot of flowers will…National Sunflower Association Holds Summer Seminar
Published July 3, 2023
The National Sunflower Association held their summer meeting in Spearfish, South Dakota this past week. The farm bill, bird food market trends and plant breeding were the big topics. "We're trying to get additional funding at USDA for sunflower breeding,"…ND Sunflower Growers Elected
Published March 28, 2023
Scott Tranby of Cooperstown and Matt Swenson of Walcott have been elected to the North Dakota Oilseed Council and National Sunflower Association board of directors.Seeking to Fill an Insecticide Void
Published January 12, 2023
Researchers participating in this past week's Sunflower Research Forum are focused on developing new insecticides for sunflowers. "Sunflowers are one of the crops that lost the ability to use chlorpyrifos, so we're looking at potential new insecticides," said John Sandbakken,…