Farmers grow more than 50 million tons of sunflower seeds every year. The black ones end up in our bird feeders, as well as on our grocery store shelves as cooking oil. The striped ones mostly go ...

He planted more than 100 pounds of Peredovik Black sunflower seeds on May 14 when the danger of frost was minimal. Peredovik’s are an oil seed crop that are a favorite of some birds. Renshaw ...

Sunflower heads can contain as many as 1,000 to 2,000 seeds. Each seed can be quite different when it comes to appearance, but the most common kind used for snacking has a black-and-white striped ...

Sunflowers come in all sizes and colors and are some of the easiest flowers to care for during the heat of summer. See some ...