ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- The sunflower industry is locked in an increasing struggle to compete with other crops -- especially corn and soybeans -- to keep its acreage share, in a shifting world economy.

Sunflower tourism is taking root in Kerala with two farmers — SP Sujith from Alappuzha and Ameer Babu of Malappuram — taking the lead to put the State on the map of sunflower cultivation. Although ...