The sunflower market is keeping a close watch on world weather, including in the Northern Plains where the crop is developing nicely thus far, but also in the Black Sea ...

The situation is complicated by record high temperatures, the inability to use aircraft for locust control and the absence of ...

Alex Babich has grown record-breaking sunflowers before. But this year, with one towering plant named Clover stretching 26 feet 4 inches into the sky, he was just one inch shy of reclaiming the U.S.