Interested in your sunflower fields and tours (Colby, Goodland: eat, oil)

[imacajun]

We'll be going through your state toward the middle or end of May. Is this a good time to see blooming sunflower fields? What are the highways to see the best fields? Is there a plant that processes sunflowers for oil, seeds or whatever that we can tour?
Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon.
Have a nice day.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by imacajun

We'll be going through your state toward the middle or end of May. Is this a good time to see blooming sunflower fields? What are the highways to see the best fields? Is there a plant that processes sunflowers for oil, seeds or whatever that we can tour?
Thanks for your time and hope to hear from you soon.
Have a nice day.

The best areas to see sunflowers are the western tier counties in Kansas. I would recommend the Goodland area and some of the counties that surround it. Wallace County to the south of Goodland also has sizable amounts of sunflower fields.

[thriftylefty]

Call the Colby Chambers Of Commerce there is a sunflower seed processing plant there, i don't know what kind of seed they process. some seed is for oil and some is for eating. That facillity might be owned by a large sunflower producer near by

[TinaMcG]

May is awfully early for sunflowers to be in bloom, isn't it?

[TinaMcG]

Sorry, I should have added that sunflowers bloom in late summer into fall. August would be the best time to view the fields.