CROPS


KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Kansas Department of Agriculture

PO Box 3534

Topeka, KS 66601-3534

Phone: 785-233-2230


Released: December 10, 2004

Volume 04, No. 12



INCLUDED

IN THIS

ISSUE

 

 

DRY BEAN PRODUCTION

 

FARM

MARKETINGS

Kansas Dry Bean Production Down


Kansas dry bean production is estimated at 153,000 hundredweight (cwt.), 34 percent below the 2003 crop. Yield is estimated at 1,800 pounds per acre, 300 pounds below the 2,100 pounds produced per acre last year. Harvested acres, at 8,500, are down 2,500 acres from the 11,000 acres harvested in 2003.


The primary variety grown in Kansas is Pinto.


United States production of dry beans is estimated at 18.1 million cwt. for 2004, down 3 percent from the November forecast and 19 percent below 2003. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.23 million acres, 2 percent below the previous estimate and 9 percent below a year ago. The average yield, estimated at 1,479 pounds per acre, is 16 pounds lower than the November forecast and 191 pounds lower than a year ago.



Kansas Dry Bean Production, December 1, 2003-2004

Class

Planted

Harvested

Yield Per Acre

Production

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

2003

2004

 

1,000 Acres

Pounds

1,000 Cwt.

Pintos. . . . . . . . . . . .

12.0

9.0

11.0

8.5

2,100

1,800

231

153

All Dry Beans. . . . . .

12.0

9.0

11.0

8.5

2,100

1,800

231

153


Kansas Farm Marketings


The following tables of Farm Marketings represent the percent of new crop sales taking place each month. Wheat marketings generally begin in June and run through the following May. Row crop sales run from September to August. Comparison to the 5-year average can indicate whether the crop sales were influenced by prices, exports, or other demands.



Farm Marketings of Kansas Wheat, 2003-2004 & 5-Year Average 1/

Percent of Sales by Months

Marketing

Year

June

July

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

            Wheat

PERCENT

2003-2004. . . . . . . . . . 

9

40

13

5

6

6

5

5

3

5

2

1

5-Year Average. . . . . .

15

27

11

6

6

4

6

8

5

4

5

4

1/ Five-year average may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.



Farm Marketings of Kansas Row Crops, 2003-2004 & 5-Year Average 1/

Percent of Sales by Months

Crop By

Marketing

Year

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

June

July

Aug.

 

PERCENT

SORGHUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-2004. . . . . . . . . . 

5

13

20

23

17

7

6

3

2

2

1

1

5-Year Average. . . . . .

7

16

19

19

12

6

6

4

4

4

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-2004. . . . . . . . . . 

8

29

18

13

15

4

6

2

1

1

1

2

5-Year Average. . . . . .

11

21

14

14

14

6

5

3

3

3

3

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOYBEANS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-2004. . . . . . . . . . 

5

25

15

13

14

10

8

3

3

1

2

1

5-Year Average. . . . . .

5

22

17

11

13

7

6

4

5

4

2

4

1/ Five-year average may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.



Dave Ranek & Quentin Wearne, Agricultural Statisticians

Eldon J. Thiessen, Director

Eddie Wells, Deputy Director