Sunflower
Target Your Market With the Right Sunflower Seed.
Whatever market you sell to – sunflower oil, dehulled sunflowers or sunflower for bird seed – WinField United’s expertise lets you pick the best traits and genetics for your field conditions. You can easily determine the best combination of seed technology, seeding population, seed placement, weed control strategy and tillage method to help manage disease pressure and get the yield potential you’re after.
ACHIEVE YOUR MARKETING OBJECTIVES
Sunflower has become a market segmented by grain uses, and any single hybrid might fit one or more market options. Sunflower markets include:
OIL-TYPE SUNFLOWER
High Oleic
•Specific oil levels trending above 85% oleic based on market requirements. *
NuSun®
•Standard for the oil market
Hulling
•All oil types that have proper seed size and ease of shell removal
Birdseed
•Reginal markets throughout the United States for all oil types
CONTROL WEEDS BEYOND® AND EXPRESS® HERBICIDES
• Both traits have advanced yield potential.
• Both require preemergence herbicide treatments (Spartan® Charge, BroadAxe® or Prowl® H20) or preplant-incorporated herbicides (Framework®, Prowl® H20 or Sonalan®) to combat kochia and Russian thistle.
• Both are a Group 2 herbicide mode of action.
• The DuPont™ ExpressSun® trait is tolerant to Express® herbicide. • The Clearfield® Production System is tolerant to Beyond® herbicide.
Sunflower Trait Technology
Choose the right traits for you operation, like DuPont™ ExpressSun® and the Clearfield® Production System traits for good weed-control options.
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2023 CROPLAN Seed Guide
The 2023 CROPLAN Seed Guide is now available, offering a broad selection of hybrids and varieties specially adapted to local conditions. Download a copy today.
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Beyond Seed
Get the latest agronomic information on sunflower in the Beyond Seed® magazine.
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