CROPLAN® HYBRID SUNFLOWER SEED
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The right flowers to pick.
Get the best sunflower seed genetics for your operation. With the newest traits and insights, backed by our extensive North American Answer Plot® testing, WinField United brings you the best sunflower hybrids with high yield and oil-premium potential and diverse genetics to match your marketing objectives.
Why add CROPLAN® sunflowers to your crop rotation?
CROPLAN® sunflower seed features the newest traits and insights, helping you manage disease and weeds based on field specific requirements to maximize your sunflower crop yield potential.
Weed Resistance
A great weed-resistance tool when rotating herbicides.
Insects and Disease
Disrupt insect and disease patterns when rotated with wheat and corn.
Nutrient Use
Maximize nutrient use with a deep root system that reaches nutrients washed too deep for other crops.
Drought Tolerance
Greater drought tolerance than corn, soybeans, canola and many other crops.
Time Management
Help spread out farm labour workload and equipment use.
Growing CROPLAN® sunflower crops
Grow CROPLAN® sunflower crops for the latest sunflower seed genetics with the perfect traits for your farm. Your local WinField United Canada retailer will help select the best sunflower seed for your operation along with the right fungicides and herbicides for your soil conditions.
Choose the right sunflower seed traits
Seed Size
Optimizing plant-to-plant spacing is important, and seed size can play a role in achieving correct spacing and population of sunflower crops.
Prosun™ Precise Seed Coating
Prosun™ precise seed coating (available on many CROPLAN® sunflower varieties) offers more seed size options, more consistent seed size, uniformity in stand establishment and even growth for optimal weed, disease and insect management.
DuPont™ ExpressSun® Trait
Enjoy good yield control options, with a Group 2 herbicide mode of action. This trait provides tolerance to Express® herbicide, for advanced yield potential.
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- High yield potential for early maturity
- Shorter plant height with great standability in higher populations; very uniform.
- DMR Pl 8; resistant to all common races of downy mildew.
- Great for birdseed and dehull markets.
- Utilize higher populations if pushing yield goals higher; has also shown yield response to higher available nitrogen.
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Oil Content
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- High oleic top performing sunflower with consistent plot wins.
- Widely adapted across regions and field conditions.
- Medium plant with excellent Drydown.
- DMR Pl 6; resistant to most common races of downy mildew.
- Good drought response along with sclerotinia tolerance for higher moisture years.
Common Questions About Sunflower
The best sunflower seed for Western Canada depends on your growing environment, maturity requirements, field conditions, and production goals. CROPLAN® Sunflower hybrids are selected to deliver strong agronomic performance, yield potential, and adaptability across a range of growing conditions. With a portfolio designed to help growers manage risk while maximizing productivity, CROPLAN® offers sunflower hybrids suited to diverse Western Canadian operations.
Yield performance can vary depending on weather, soil conditions, and management practices. CROPLAN® Sunflower hybrids are developed with high-performing genetics designed to help growers maximize yield potential while maintaining strong standability, plant health, and harvestability. Your local CROPLAN® expert can help identify the hybrids that have demonstrated strong performance in conditions similar to your farm.
Choosing the right sunflower hybrid starts with understanding your farm's unique needs. Factors such as yield goals, maturity requirements, soil type, disease pressures, and marketing opportunities should all be considered. CROPLAN® offers sunflower hybrids with a range of agronomic strengths, and your local CROPLAN® expert can help you evaluate hybrid characteristics to select the option best suited to your operation and production objectives.
2027 CROPLAN® Seed Guide
The 2027 CROPLAN® Seed Guide is now available, offering a broad selection of hybrids and seed varieties specially adapted to local conditions. Download a copy today.