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Contact: Cortney Miller |
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Outlook for NuSun Sunflowers is Good Columbia,
MO (January 8, 2002) Sunflowers have come a long way in the past 20
years. New hybrids have better disease resistance and higher yields than
they did in the 1980s or early 1990s. The newest innovation in the
industry is the release of the NuSun hybrids. NuSun
hybrids are higher in oleic acid than conventional hybrids. The industry
is moving towards NuSun oil because of its stability and cooking
performance. In
2001, field tests sponsored by the Jefferson Institute, were performed
using seven NuSun and three conventional sunflower hybrids.
Confectionary hybrids were not part of this field comparison. The tests
were run in Missouri and Arkansas. The
Jefferson Institute, University of Missouri, University of Arkansas at
Pine Bluff, Planter Oil Cotton Mill and the USDA-ARS Northern Crop
Science Lab cooperated in the trials and research. All trial results
were tabulated and data tables have been created by the University of
Missouri Variety Test Program and are now available at: www.agebb.Missouri.edu/cropperf/sunflower/index.htm
“Overall
we were pleased with the double-crop yield results. The oil and oleic
acid content were both good in the NuSun hybrids,” said James Quinn,
crop specialist for the Jefferson Institute. Due
to the worldwide shortage of sunflower oil, several U.S. market
participants have posted appealing bids for next year’s harvest.
Recently, an Enderlin, ND processing plant announced a $10.00 cwt bid
for NuSun 2002 production. A Goodland, KS plant put in a bid for NuSun
at $9.75 cwt. The
Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute is a non-profit organization in
Columbia, MO, that provides assistance to farmers for production and
marketing of alternative crops. ###
About Thomas Jefferson
Agricultural Institute |
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