Kansas corn production is forecast at 415.3 million bushels, up 2 percent from the previous forecast and 38 percent above last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 151 bushels per acre, up 3 bushels from the previous forecast and 31 bushels above last year’s yield. Acreage harvested for grain, at 2.75 million, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 250,000 acres from 2003.

Sorghum grain production is expected to total 223.3 million bushels, up 3 percent from the October forecast and up 71 percent from last year. Yields are forecast to average 77 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from October 1 and 32 bushels above last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.90 million, unchanged from the previous forecast and the same as 2003.

The soybean crop is expected to total 110.7 million bushels, unchanged from October 1 but 94 percent larger than last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 41 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but 18 bushels better than last year’s yield. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.70 million, unchanged from the previous month but 220,000 acres more than 2003.

Kansas Crop Production, November 1, 2004
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
Crop & Unit	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
	1,000 Acres				Units		(000's)
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	10,500	10,000	10,000	8,500	48	37	480,000	314,500
Oats, bu. 3/	140	120	70	40	65	43	4,550	1,720
Barley, bu. 3/	9	15	8	12	57	28	456	336
Corn Grain, bu.	2,900	3,100	2,500	2,750	120	151	300,000	415,250
Sorghum Grain, bu.	3,550	3,200	2,900	2,900	45	77	130,500	223,300
Soybeans, bu.	2,600	2,800	2,480	2,700	23	41	57,040	110,700
All Sunflowers, lbs 3/ 4/	193	170	176	158	1,165	1,530	205,000	241,740
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	12.0	9.0	11.0	8.5	2,100	1,800	231	153
All Hay, tons 3/	-	-	3,250	3,100	2.15	2.90	7,000	8,980
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	1,000	900	3.40	4.60	3,400	4,140
Other Hay, tons	-	-	2,250	2,200	1.60	2.20	3,600	4,840

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Production divided by harvested acres and rounded to whole bushels. 3/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Yield in pounds.

Corn for grain production is forecast at 11.7 billion bushels, up 1 percent from last month and 16 percent above 2003. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 160.2 bushels per acre, up 1.8 bushels from October and up 18.0 bushels from last year. If realized, both production and yield would be the largest on record. Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 73.3 million acres, unchanged from October but up 3 percent from 2003. The November 1 corn objective yield data indicate ear counts per acre for the combined ten objective yield states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) are at a record high, 3 percent above the previous high in 2003.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 472 million bushels, up 2 percent from last month and up 15 percent from last year. Based on November 1 conditions, the sorghum yield is forecast at 71.9 bushels per acre, up 1.5 bushels from October and up 19.2 bushels from last year. The forecast area to be harvested for grain is 6.56 million acres, unchanged from last month but 16 percent below last year.

Soybean production is forecast at 3.15 billion bushels, up 1 percent from October and 28 percent above 2003. If realized, this would be the largest U.S. soybean crop on record. Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record high 42.6 bushels per acre, up 0.6 bushel from last month and 8.7 bushels above last year. Growers expect to harvest 74.0 million acres of soybeans, unchanged from the October forecast but up 2 percent from 2003.

United States Crop Production, November 1, 2004
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
Crop & Unit	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004	2003	2004
	1,000 Acres				Units		(000's)
All Wheat, bu. 3/	62,141	59,674	53,063	49,999	44.2	43.2	2,344,760	2,158,245
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	45,384	43,350	36,753	34,462	46.7	43.5	1,716,721	1,499,434
Oats, bu. 3/	4,597	4,085	2,220	1,792	65.0	64.7	144,383	115,935
Barley, bu. 3/	5,348	4,527	4,727	4,021	58.9	69.4	278,283	279,253
Rye, bu. 3/	1,348	1,380	319	320	27.1	26.9	8,634	8,615
Corn Grain, bu.	78,736	80,968	71,139	73,311	142.2	160.2	10,113,887	11,740,920
Sorghum Grain, bu.	9,420	7,528	7,798	6,559	52.7	71.9	411,237	471,572
Soybeans, bu.	73,404	75,065	72,476	73,990	33.9	42.6	2,453,665	3,150,441
All Sunflowers, lbs. 3/ 4/	2,344	1,864	2,197	1,780	1,213	1,346	2,665,226	2,395,199
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	1,406.1	1,373.4	1,346.9	1,250.1	1,672	1,495	22,515	18,693
All Cotton, 480 lb. Bales 3/ 4/	13,479.6	13,763.0	12,003.4	13,223.0	730	818	18,255.2	22,545.0
All Hay, tons 3/	-	-	63,342	61,589	2.48	2.69	157,123	165,920
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	23,578	22,226	3.24	3.48	76,307	77,371
Other Hay, tons	-	-	39,764	39,363	2.03	2.25	80,816	88,549

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Production divided by harvested acres and rounded to whole bushels. 3/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast. 4/ Yield in pounds.

Kansas Crop Production Forecast, November 1, 2004, by Districts
Crop And District	Acres Planted, All Purposes		Acres Harvested for Grain			Yield per Acre 1/		Production
Crop And District	2003	2004	2003	2004	% Prev. Year	2003	2004	2003	2004	% Prev. Year
	------------ 1,000 Acres ------------					Bushels		1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest	435	535	303	440	145	121	129	36,595	56,600	155
West Central	183	230	130	190	146	114	121	14,815	23,050	156
Southwest	670	720	616	655	106	174	193	107,340	126,300	118
North Central	161	160	122	135	111	102	132	12,395	17,800	144
Central	109	100	83	85	102	121	156	10,040	13,300	132
South Central	350	335	324	305	94	157	169	50,770	51,500	101
Northeast	472	480	428	440	103	70	144	29,880	63,400	212
East Central	271	265	252	245	97	70	128	17,720	31,400	177
Southeast	249	275	242	255	105	84	125	20,445	31,900	156
State	2,900	3,100	2,500	2,750	110	120	151	300,000	415,250	138
SOYBEANS
Northwest	56	102	51	97	190	42	44	2,134	4,250	199
West Central	18	34	17	33	194	37	40	635	1,330	209
Southwest	73	115	71	112	158	52	59	3,682	6,640	180
North Central	243	321	226	308	136	21	34	4,783	10,520	220
Central	173	198	159	191	120	21	41	3,405	7,880	231
South Central	225	294	218	282	129	36	49	7,895	13,890	176
Northeast	607	595	582	573	98	23	44	13,102	25,030	191
East Central	615	567	582	548	94	18	41	10,236	22,620	221
Southeast	590	574	574	556	97	19	33	11,168	18,540	166
State	2,600	2,800	2,480	2,700	109	23	41	57,040	110,700	194