Kansas corn production is forecast at 429.0 million bushels, unchanged from the previous forecast but 1 percent below last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 130 bushels per acre, also unchanged from the previous forecast but 20 bushels below last year’s yield. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.30 million, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 420,000 acres from 2004.

Sorghum grain production is expected to total 187.5 million bushels, up 4 percent from the October forecast but 15 percent below last year. Yields are forecast to average 75 bushels per per acre, up 3 bushels from October 1 but 1 bushel less than last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.50 million, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 400,000 from 2004.

The soybean crop is expected to total 103.6 million bushels, up 3 percent from October 1 but 7 percent lower than last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 37 bushels per acre, up 1 bushel from last month but 4 bushels less than last year’s yield. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.80 million, unchanged from the previous month but 90,000 acres more than 2004.

Kansas Crop Production, November 1, 2005
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
Crop & Unit	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
	1,000 Acres				Units		(000's)
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	10,000	10,000	8,500	9,500	37	40	314,500	380,000
Oats, bu. 3/	120	100	40	40	43	59	1,720	2,360
Barley, bu. 3/	15	19	12	14	28	42	336	588
Corn Grain, bu.	3,100	3,650	2,880	3,300	150	130	432,000	429,000
Sorghum Grain, bu.	3,200	2,750	2,900	2,500	76	75	220,400	187,500
Soybeans, bu.	2,800	2,900	2,710	2,800	41	37	111,110	103,600
All Sunflowers, lbs 3/ 4/	171	300	158	277	1,433	1,641	226,360	454,540
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	9.0	13.0	8.5	12.5	1,800	1,900	153	238
All Cotton, bales 4/	85	75	80.0	70.0	424	555	70.7	81.0
All Hay, tons 3/	-	-	3,350	3,100	2.35	2.33	7,880	7,210
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	950	900	4.00	4.10	3,800	3,690
Other Hay, tons	-	-	2,400	2,200	1.70	1.60	4,080	3,520

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 11.0 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last month but 7 percent below 2004. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 148.4 bushels per acre, up 2.3 bushels from October but 12.0 bushels below last year. If realized, both production and yield would be the second highest on record, behind last year. Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 74.3 million acres, unchanged from October but up 1 percent from 2004. 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 down 3 percent from last year’s record high.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 388 million bushels, up 3 percent from last month but down 15 percent from last year. Based on November 1 conditions, the sorghum yield is forecast at 68.2 bushels per acre, up 2.2 bushels from October but down 1.6 bushels from last year. The forecast area to be harvested for grain is 5.69 million acres, unchanged from last month but 13 percent below last year.

Soybean production is forecast at 3.04 billion bushels, up 3 percent from October but 3 percent below 2004. If realized, this would be the second largest U.S. soybean crop on record, only behind last year’s crop. Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average a record high 42.7 bushels per acre, up 1.1 bushels from last month and 0.5 bushel above last year. Growers expect to harvest 71.3 million acres of soybeans, unchanged from the October forecast but down 4 percent from 2004.

United States Crop Production, November 1, 2005
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
Crop & Unit	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
	1,000 Acres				Units		(000's)
All Wheat, bu. 3/	59,674	57,091	49,999	49,980	43.2	42.0	2,158,245	2,098,270
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	43,350	40,320	34,462	33,680	43.5	44.4	1,499,434	1,493,769
Oats, bu. 3/	4,085	4,240	1,787	1,823	64.7	63.1	115,695	115,002
Barley, bu. 3/	4,527	3,922	4,021	3,276	69.6	64.8	279,743	212,196
Rye, bu. 3/	1,380	1,433	300	279	27.5	27.0	8,255	7,537
Corn Grain, bu.	80,930	81,642	73,632	74,333	160.4	148.4	11,807,217	11,032,105
Sorghum Grain, bu.	7,486	6,495	6,517	5,687	69.8	68.2	454,899	387,686
Soybeans, bu.	75,208	72,200	73,958	71,270	42.2	42.7	3,123,686	3,043,116
All Sunflowers, lbs. 3/ 4/	1,873	2,706	1,711	2,581	1,198	1,500	2,049,613	3,870,910
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	1,354.3	1,659.8	1,219.3	1,522.1	1,460	1,715	17,799	26,109
All Cotton, 480 lb. Bales 3/ 4/	13,658.6	14,184.0	13,057.0	13,673.0	855	813	23,250.7	23,161.0
All Hay, tons 3/	-	-	61,916	61,723	2.55	2.48	157,774	152,871
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	21,707	22,118	3.47	3.43	75,383	75,940
Other Hay, tons	-	-	40,209	39,605	2.05	1.94	82,391	76,931

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, 2005, by Districts
Crop And District	Acres Planted, All Purposes		Acres Harvested for Grain			Yield per Acre 1/		Production
Crop And District	2004	2005	2004	2005	% Prev. Year	2004	2005	2004	2005	% Prev. Year
	------------ 1,000 Acres ------------					Bushels		1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest	533	560	464	490	106	102	110	47,450	54,000	114
West Central	238	320	199	270	136	132	106	26,295	28,500	108
Southwest	713	785	665	725	109	196	180	130,330	130,500	100
North Central	162	245	155	215	139	139	116	21,495	25,000	116
Central	100	135	92	115	125	165	122	15,210	14,000	92
South Central	332	390	316	360	114	171	149	54,150	53,500	99
Northeast	479	545	461	505	110	156	119	71,820	60,000	84
East Central	268	315	260	285	110	130	100	33,790	28,500	84
Southeast	275	355	268	335	125	117	104	31,460	35,000	111
State	3,100	3,650	2,880	3,300	115	150	130	432,000	429,000	99
SOYBEANS
Northwest	102	75	85	72	85	36	35	3,059	2,550	83
West Central	35	40	30	39	130	30	39	896	1,520	170
Southwest	115	125	113	121	107	52	52	5,848	6,330	108
North Central	320	320	312	306	98	40	41	12,330	12,450	101
Central	199	230	195	222	114	40	33	7,785	7,220	93
South Central	296	265	287	251	87	49	40	13,900	10,040	72
Northeast	593	635	582	616	106	46	46	26,978	28,100	104
East Central	568	600	551	582	106	43	34	23,456	19,530	83
Southeast	572	610	556	591	106	30	27	16,858	15,860	94
State	2,800	2,900	2,710	2,800	103	41	37	111,110	103,600	93