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KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Kansas Department of Agriculture
PO Box 3534
Topeka, KS 66601-3534
Phone: 785-233-2230

Released: April 2, 2004
Volume 04, No. 4

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THIS ISSUE:

PROSPECTIVE
PLANTINGS

GRAIN
STOCKS


Kansas Prospective Plantings

Kansas growers expect to plant 19.0 million acres to the four major crops (wheat, sorghum, corn, and soybeans), down 2 percent from 2003. Wheat seeded in the fall of 2003 totaled 9.90 million acres, unchanged from the December forecast but down 5 percent from the previous year.

Sorghum acreage expected to be planted, at 3.40 million acres, is down 4 percent from a year ago. Corn planting intentions totaled 3.00 million, up 3 percent from the 2003 acreage. Soybean planted acreage is expected to be 2.70 million acres, up 4 percent from last year. Oat seedings are expected to be down 7 percent from 2003 at 130,000 acres. Barley seedings, at 10,000 acres, are up from the 9,000 acres planted in 2003.

Sunflower acreage to be planted, at 190,000 acres, is down 2 percent from last year. Oil-type varieties account for 170,000 of the sunflower acreage while non-oil, or confectionary, varieties make up the balance of 20,000 acres. Dry beans, at 6,000 acres, are down 6,000 acres from the previous year. All hay for harvest, at 3.20 million acres, is down 50,000 acres from 2003. Cotton is expected to be planted on 130,000 acres, up 40,000 acres from last year.

PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS - MARCH 1, 2004
Crop Acreage Planted or to be Planted
Kansas United States
2003 Prospective
2004 		2004 as %
of 2003 		2003 Prospective
2004 		2004 as %
of 2003
1,000 Acres Percent 1,000 Acres Percent
Wheat, All 10,400 9,900 95 61,700 59,462 96
    Winter 10,400 9,900 95 44,945 43,372 97
    Durum - - 2,915 2,757 95
    Other Spring - - 13,840 13,333 96
Sorghum, All 3,550 3,400 96 9,420 8,600 91
Corn, All 2,900 3,000 103 78,736 79,004 100
Soybeans 2,600 2,700 104 73,404 75,411 103
Oats 140 130 93 4,601 4,312 94
Barley 9 10 111 5,299 4,683 88
Hay, All 1/ 3,250 3,200 98 63,342 63,731 101
Sunflowers, All 193 190 98 2,344 2,086 89
Beans, Dry Edible 12 .0 6 .0 50 1,406 .1 1,333 .0 95
Cotton, All 90 .0 130 .0 144 13,483 .1 14,401 .6 107
1/ Acreage for harvest.

U.S. Prospective Plantings

Corn growers intend to plant 79.0 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2004, up fractionally from both 2002 and 2003. Soybean producers intend to plant 75.4 million acres in 2004, up 3 percent from last year. If realized, this will be the largest planted area on record and a rebound from the three year decline in acreage. Sorghum plantings are expected to total 8.60 million acres, down 9 percent from last year. The 2004 all wheat planted area is expected to total 59.5 million acres, down 4 percent from 2003. Winter wheat planted area for the 2004 crop is 43.4 million acres, down 3 percent from 2003. Of the total, about 30.9 million acres are Hard Red Winter, 8.30 million acres Soft Red Winter, and 4.20 million acres White Winter. Area planted to Durum wheat is expected to total 2.76 million acres, down 5 percent from 2003. The 2003 other spring

wheat planted acreage is estimated at 13.3 million acres, down 4 percent from last year. Of the total, 12.7 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat. All cotton plantings for 2004 are expected to total 14.4 million acres, 7 percent above last year. Upland acreage is expected to total 14.2 million acres, also a 7 percent increase. Growers intend to increase their plantings of American-Pima cotton to 226,000 acres, up 27 percent from 2003.

Kansas Stocks of Grain

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions totaled 167.6 million bushels on March 1, down 39 percent from December 2003 but 29 percent more than last March. Wheat stored in off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 154.6 million bushels and accounted for 92 percent of the total. On-farm stocks totaled 13.0 million bushels, the same as last March.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 75.8 million bushels, down 30 percent from December 2003 and 12 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks accounted for 63.8 million bushels and on-farm stocks 12.0 million bushels.

Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 132.9 million bushels, were down 34 percent from December and 15 percent below last March. Off-farm stocks were 86.9 million bushels, which accounted for 65 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks, at 46.0 million bushels, were down 12 percent from the 2003 March stocks.

Kansas soybeans in all locations totaled 29.2 million bushels, down 36 percent from December and 14 percent below the 2003 March stocks. Off-farm stocks, at 23.5 million bushels, were up 2 percent from last year and accounted for 80 percent of the total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks, at 5.7 million bushels, were down from 11.0 million last year.

Off-farm oat stocks totaled 710,000 bushels, down 25 percent from December and 3 percent below March 2003. Stocks of barley in off-farm facilities totaled 30,000 bushels, down from the 44,000 bushels in December and the 59,000 bushels last March.

STOCKS OF GRAIN - MARCH 1, 2004, WITH COMPARISONS
Grain Position Kansas United States
Mar. 1,
2003 		Dec. 1,
2003 		Mar. 1,
2004 		Mar. 1,
2003 		Dec. 1,
2003 		Mar. 1,
2004
1,000 Bushels
All Wheat On Farms 13,000 28,000 13,000 236,300 491,925 257,890
Off Farms 1/ 116,811 246,134 154,613 670,333 1,028,359 761,141
    TOTAL 129,811 274,134 167,613 906,633 1,520,284 1,019,031
Sorghum Grain On Farms 16,000 20,000 12,000 27,500 45,200 21,000
Off Farms 1/ 69,902 88,565 63,804 135,423 190,736 137,652
    TOTAL 85,902 108,565 75,804 162,923 235,936 158,652
Corn On Farms 52,000 81,000 46,000 2,940,000 5,286,000 3,030,000
Off Farms 1/ 103,549 121,349 86,891 2,191,873 2,667,775 2,240,641
    TOTAL 155,549 202,349 132,891 5,131,873 7,953,775 5,270,641
Soybeans On Farms 11,000 12,000 5,700 636,500 820,000 355,900
Off Farms 1/ 23,014 33,847 23,483 565,528 868,653 549,623
    TOTAL 34,014 45,847 29,183 1,202,028 1,688,653 905,523
Oats On Farms * * * 35,000 64,400 45,600
Off Farms 1/ 730 946 710 47,879 54,900 49,469
    TOTAL * * * 82,879 119,300 95,069
Barley On Farms * * * 36,730 97,200 51,700
Off Farms 1/ 59 44 30 86,710 100,679 99,784
    TOTAL * * * 123,440 197,879 151,484
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. * On-farm stocks are no longer published separately for Kansas.


Dave Ranek and Steve Maliszewski, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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