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California takes the lead on hybrid sunflower seed production

June 11th, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Enjoying a tasty sunflower seed snack? Cooking with sunflower oil? Thank a California sunflower seed grower for producing the hybrid seed that's used for planting sunflower crops throughout the United States and the world, for confectionery and oil seed production.
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