The sunflower harvest in Bulgaria with lower oil content this year

Published Dec 9, 2024

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria has conducted an analysis of the sunflower crop harvested in 2024, looking at 921 samples which represent 40.14% of the total harvest. The total harvest estimate is 1,436 Mmt. The quality of the sunflower seeds is measured by their oil content, moisture content, and impurities. The analysis showed that the majority of the samples met the quality standards, with 76.55% having an oil content of at least 42%. However, there has been a decrease in the share of sunflowers with high oil content values compared to the previous years, except for 2020. Conversely, there has been an increase in the share of sunflowers with lower oil content values this year, approaching the levels of 2020.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Bulgaria published an analysis of the sunflower crop produced in 2024. A qualitative analysis was made on the basis of 921 samples, which cover 40.14% of the harvest. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates this year's harvest at a total of 1,436 Mmt. The main indicator determining the quality of the sunflower seed is its oil content, which according to the current standard is not less than 42%. For the other indicators, the requirements are: maximum moisture content no more than 11%; total content of impurities no more than 9%, including the maximum content of cultural (cereal) impurities no more than 5%, and foreign impurities no more than 4%. The data from the analyzed average samples show that the harvested sunflower from the 2024 harvest has good values for the main quality indicators of moisture, oil content and impurities, which are included in the standard. The final results show that 69.60% of the analyzed samples meet the conditions ...

Source: Agroportal