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World sunflowerseed production for 1998/99 is estimated at a record 26.5 million tons, up 11 percent from 1997/98. Strong demand encouraged producers to plant additional area. Favorable weather supports a 22 percent increase in output in Argentina and a 43 percent increase in the United States. Despite sizeable area increases in Russia and the Ukraine, production is down due to extremely dry conditions in southeastern Ukraine and the Volga Valley and due to continuing low usage of inputs. In the European Union, France's output declined as farmers planted more area to winter crops, while Spain's output is estimated down slightly following a record year in 1997/98. Sunflowerseed output in India is estimated marginally higher as internal vegetable oil demand strengthened.
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