To borrow one of Yogi Berra's lines, it looks like deja vu all over again for area sunflower growers. As was the case a year ago, farmers are nearing the crop insurance deadlines to plant sunflowers.

North Dakota maintained its status as the leading sunflower-producing state during 2025, with total production of 1.09 billion pounds, an increase of 111% from 2024. Compared with 2024, planted area ...

Sunflowers are a significant economic asset in the Dakotas, and a new festival in Highmore, South Dakota, aims to highlight the importance of this key crop. Sunflowers are not only recognized for ...

When the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency released its first round of data on certified crop acres for the 2025 growing season on Aug. 1, the numbers held a surprise for sunflowers ...

Sunflowers are tough plants, but now University of Colorado Boulder researchers are looking to make them even tougher, and the findings may help other crops survive climate change. The goal of the ...

‘Prosperity,’ customer pressure help stir cover crop interest The ‘yo-yo’ principle of managing cover crops Is USDA overpromoting cover crops? This is the first part of a four-part series examining ...