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G. Gurumurthy

Coimbatore, Aug. 15 Sunflower farmers who raised summer crop (April-May) and are ready with their harvest in Tamil Nadu are advised to sell their produce forthwith by the Domestic and Export Market Intelligence Cell (DEMIC) of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) here.

The DEMIC, in its crop prospects and market-led price forecasting based on sunflower price data behaviour as it prevailed in the State’s primary market for the crop at Vellakoil, has noted that the average price for sunflower would revolve around Rs 22/Rs 23 per kg during this period (August-September 2007) without any upheavals.

Though the demand for sunflower oil is on the rise and groundnut production has declined, this may not cause any rise in the sunflower price because of the declining palm oil futures in the coming three months.

The farmers have been advised to sell their produce through the regulated market at Vellakoil to get the maximum net price and avoid farm-gate selling.

Sunflower is being raised in Tiruchi, Erode, Karur, Dindigul, Villupuram and Cuddalore regions of Tamil Nadu and the average crop area is estimated at 17,000 hectares with the per hectare yield at about 1,240 kg as against the national average of 615 kg.

The major markets are Vellakoil, Moolanur and Kodumudi in Erode district which also has a large concentration of oil expellers.

Citing market sources, the DEMIC report said that the market arrivals of summer crop starts from July-end onwards and the arrivals would be low this time (July-September 2007) due to poor rainfall reported last year in the crop zones.

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