The April global agricultural production report released by the US Department of Agriculture showed that the annual output of sunflower seed in France was expected to reach 1 million 600 thousand tons in 2017/18, 300 thousand tons higher than the forecast last month, an increase of 36% over the previous year, it will be the highest level since 2011/12.

The area ofsunflower seed in France is estimated to be 600 thousand hectares, 3% higher than last month's forecast value, an increase of 7% over the previous year.The unit yield is expected to reach a record of 2.76 tons / hectare, 20% higher than the forecast value last month, an increase of 28% over the previous year.