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KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Kansas Department of Agriculture

PO Box 3534

Topeka, KS 66601-3534

Phone: 785-233-2230


Released: December 9, 2005

Volume 05, No. 12

INCLUDED

IN THIS

ISSUE

 

DRY BEAN PRODUCTION

 

FARM

MARKETINGS


Kansas Dry Bean Production Up


Kansas dry bean production is estimated at 263,000 hundredweight (cwt.), 72 percent above the 2004 crop. Yield is estimated at 2,100 pounds per acre, 300 pounds above the 1,800 pounds produced per acre last year. Harvested acres, at 12,500, are up 4,000 acres from the 8,500 acres harvested in 2004.


The primary variety grown in Kansas is Pinto.


United States production of dry beans is estimated at 27.2 million cwt. for 2005, up 4 percent from the October forecast and 53 percent above 2004. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.57 million acres, 3 percent above the previous forecast and up 29 percent from 2004. The average yield, estimated at 1,731 pounds per acre, an increase of 16 pounds from the October forecast and 272 pounds above a year ago.



Kansas Dry Bean Production, December 1, 2004-2005

Class

Planted

Harvested

Yield Per Acre

Production

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

2004

2005

 

1,000 Acres

Pounds

1,000 Cwt.

Pintos. . . . . . . . . . . .

9.0

13.0

8.5

12.5

1,800

2,100

153

263

All Dry Beans. . . . . .

9.0

13.0

8.5

12.5

1,800

2,100

153

263

 


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, 2004-2005 & 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

2004-2005. . . . . . . . . . 

13

14

7

10

5

9

11

8

12

7

2

2

5-Year Average. . . . . .

14

30

12

5

5

4

6

7

5

4

4

3

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



Farm Marketings of Kansas Row Crops, 2004-2005 & 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004-2005. . . . . . . . . . 

3

6

18

20

16

13

6

5

4

5

3

1

5-Year Average. . . . . .

6

14

20

20

13

6

6

4

4

3

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004-2005. . . . . . . . . . 

11

19

16

14

10

10

5

2

3

3

4

3

5-Year Average. . . . . .

10

23

14

13

15

5

5

3

3

2

2

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOYBEANS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004-2005. . . . . . . . . . 

7

16

14

12

9

15

11

5

5

3

1

2

5-Year Average. . . . . .

6

23

14

12

15

8

7

4

5

3

2

2

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



Joel Golz & Akilah Nicks, Agricultural Statisticians

Eldon J. Thiessen, Director

Eddie Wells, Deputy Director