Ukrainian farmers had by end-March received about 60 per cent of their maize seeds and 90 per cent of sunflower seeds, UFS estimated based on a survey of its members, many of which operate in Ukraine.

It is most commonly known as a sesame product, but in Ukraine, the sunflower version is more popular. Sunflower seeds provide ...

One of the first signs of Ukrainian defiance was the video of a lady offering Russian soldiers sunflower seeds. Put them in your pockets, she told them fiercely, “So sunflowers will grow here when you ...

The weather had been good in 2021 and she saw bumper harvests of corn, wheat and sunflower seeds on her small farm in Ukraine's central Cherkasy region. Prices on the international market were ...

Stored in a massive pile is about 1,000 tonnes of black sunflower seeds, used to make cooking oil. Ukraine is the world's biggest exporter of seed oil. But right now, Boris cannot sell his harvest ...

Ukraine’s Critical Role in the Global Sunflower Oil Market Ukraine plays a pivotal role in the sunflower oil market, producing nearly half of the world’s sunflower seeds and sunflower oil. As one of ...

Sunflower seed production in the European Union, Ukraine and Russia will drop 11.7% to a total of 24.82 million tons this year, from 28.12 million tons a year ago, Hamburg-based oilseed analyst ...

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