Sunflower cultivation is originating from the Native American tribes of North America as dates back to BC.3000's back to.

Although the homeland of Wild Sunflower is North America but it was Russia is made it available in the market and commercialized.

Sunflower which was brought to Europe by Spanish explorers around the 16th century that was popular as a cultivated plant and in the medical field until the beginning of the 18th century and started to become widespread with the production of sunflower oil in the second half of the century.

In the 18th century, the Russian Orthodox Church forbade the consumption of most fatty foods during the Christian Lent but skipped the Sunflower that resulting in more than 2 million acres of sunflower cultivation by Russian Farmers in the 19th century.

During this time, Sunflower has divided into two classes for oil type for oil production and wide diversity for direct human consumption that was bred by V. S. Pustovoit within the framework of government research programs and the oil content and yield increased significantly. And today the world's most prestigious Sunflower Scientific Award is known as the "Pustovoit Award".

At the end of the 19th century,The Russian sunflower seeds entered the United States where reform movements began. In the 20th century, with the increasing demand in Europe that the USA increased its cultivation area to over 5 million. After Russia, which could not meet the increasing demand, eyes were turned to the USA, but today, although Europe's Sunflower dependence continues, Russia meets the majority of its needs.