Sunflower prices have increased by one and a half times

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According to Tallage, farmers in Romania and Bulgaria started sowing sunflowers in early spring, while in Spain the sowing campaign started later than usual due to heavy rainfall. In the European Union, the area sown with sunflowers could be 4.9 million hectares in the 2025/2026 season, which would exceed the previous year by almost 1 percent. Tallage experts indicate 1.2 million hectares in Romania (–9 percent), and 770 thousand hectares in France (+1 percent).

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, in Hungary, sunflower seeds were sown on 82 percent of the expected 746 thousand hectares by April 29.

According to AKI PÁIR data, processors and traders bought high-oil sunflower seeds (LO) for 207.7 thousand forints/ton (+47 percent) in the last week of April. The average producer price of industrial sunflower seeds (including high-oleic sunflower seeds) excluding VAT and transport costs was 225.8 thousand forints/ton (+55 percent).

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