Sunflower Association :

UK Sunflower Association

Sharing expertise, growing skills...

The United Kingdom Sunflower Association has been formed by a group of seed companies, cooperatives, farmers and scientists with an interest in developing the crop.

Aims of the Association

To promote all aspects of UK sunflower production and marketing
To identify and publish grower information
To encourage structured development of the crop to satisfy the UK demand for sunflowers and sunflower products
To explore new opportunities for the crop
To establish and publish quality standards
To relate UKcrop potential to existing or future quality requirements
To exchange and provide independent information

Sunflower... a crop with UK potential

The Market: The UK Sunflower crop currently occupies around 300ha in total, yet the UK crushing and oils industries use around 100,000 tonnes of sunflowers or the equivalent in derived products - There is a clear potential opportunity here for UK growers.

Potential: New varieties coming through are making sunflower a viable crop for the UK. Already a number of growers have proved that the crop can be grown, and grown profitably in the UK. A number of benefits have emerged:

Competes favourably with autumn and spring sown break crops
Produces a high quality oil seed with strong market demand
Spring sown and requires low inputs
No additional equipment required
Harvest allows entry into winter wheat

UK Sunflower Association

Aims of the Association

Sunflower... a crop with UK potential

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