Sunflowers have a way of making gardens brighter and happier. They make beautiful and summery cut flowers for vases and bouquets. Sunflowers are also an excellent source of food for the wildlife in ...

I recently went to a sunflower farm in Picayune, Mississippi, where I paid $15 in order to cut as many blooms as I wanted. Upon leaving the farm, I asked the owner how to dry them in order to get ...

Bags of sunflower seeds sitting on store shelves or sold at sports events may all look the same, but not to Joel Schaefer. He has been a sunflower scientist for almost 25 years and directs the hybrid ...

Total world sunflower oil exports are anticipated to be 12.8 MMT, a decrease of 4% from the 2024-2025 marketing year. Ending ...

Sunny, strong and simple to grow: No wonder 2021 is the year of the sunflower. These cheerful plants brighten Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. They make the best all-around seed for small birds (and ...

Sunflowers (Helianthus annua) are among the easiest flowers to grow, and they thrive in the heat of our summers. Helianthus, the scientific name, means “sunflower” in Latin. Not only do sunflower ...

Farmers across the globe grow more than 50 million tons of sunflower seeds every year. They are harvested not only to feed humans, but also wildlife. But whose mouth – or beak – they will ultimately ...

Sunflowers are common and simple, but they’re immeasurably cheerful tokens of our summer outdoors. If you can beat the squirrels and birds to the seeds, they also provide delicious snacks. Their ...

WAHPETON, N.D. -- After initial rejection and tough economic times, a North Dakota entrepreneur is realizing a major league dream. Just 16 years after two large corporations rejected his idea for ...

The government last year disabled over 14,000 acres of farmers’ land, costing taxpayers at least Sh250m to buy substandard seeds that then destroyed more than a further Sh680m of earnings for the ...