Kansas corn production is expected to total 429.0 million bushels, 6 percent above the previous forecast but 1 percent below last year’s crop. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.30 million acres, is up 200,000 acres from the previous forecast and up 15 percent from 2004. Corn yields are expected to average 130 bushels per acre, the same as September 1 but 20 bushels below the previous year.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 180.0 million bushels, down 18 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 72 bushels per acre, 2 bushels below last month and 4 bushels below last year’s yield. Acreage for harvest as grain is 2.50 million acres, down 150,000 acres from September 1 and down 400,000 acres from 2004.

Soybean production in Kansas is expected to total 100.8 million bushels, unchanged from September 1 but 9 percent below last year’s crop. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.80 million acres, the same as September 1 but up 3 percent from last year. Yields are expected to average 36 bushels per acre, unchanged from September 1 but 5 bushels below 2004.

Kansas sunflower production is forecast at 454.5 million pounds, up 201 percent from last year. Harvested acreage, at 277,000, is up 119,000 acres from last year. The yield is expected to average 1,641 pounds per acre, up 208 pounds from last year. If realized, this would be a record high.

All hay production is estimated to total 7.21 million tons, down 9 percent from 2004. Kansas acreage harvested is 3.1 million acres, down 250,000 acres from last year.

Kansas wheat production for 2005 is estimated at 380.0 million bushels, up 21 percent from 2004. Yield is estimated at 40.0 bushels per acre, 3 bushels above the 2004 yield. Acres harvested for grain totaled 9.5 million acres, up 1.0 million from the 2004 harvest. A total of 10.0 million acres were planted to wheat for harvest in 2005, the same as the previous year.

Estimates of Kansas corn and soybean production by district are shown on the following page. Wheat county and district data are not included in this report but will be released in late 2005.

Kansas Crop Production, October 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				Per Unit		(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	72	220,400	180,000
Soybeans, bu.	2,800	2,900	2,710	2,800	41	36	111,110	100,800
All Sunflowers, lbs. 4/	171	300	158	277	1,433	1,641	226,360	454,540
Dry Beans, cwt. 5/	9.0	13.0	8.5	12.5	1,800	1,900	153	238
All Cotton, bales 5/	85	75	80.0	70.0	424	555	70.7	81.0
All Hay, tons	-	-	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
Pecans, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	1,800	3,100

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Production divided by harvested acres rounded to whole bushels. 3/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast. 4/ 2005 estimates for oil and non-oil varieties will be published in the “Crop Production 2005 Summary” in January 2005. 5/ Yield in pounds.

Kansas Crop Production Forecast, October 1, 2005, by Districts
Crop And District	Acres Planted, All Purposes		Acres Harvested for Grain			Yield per Acre		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	39	3,059	2,810	92
West Central	35	40	30	39	130	30	43	896	1,680	188
Southwest	115	125	113	121	107	52	53	5,848	6,420	110
North Central	320	320	312	306	98	40	39	12,330	11,800	96
Central	199	230	195	222	114	40	31	7,785	6,880	88
South Central	296	265	287	251	87	49	39	13,900	9,880	71
Northeast	593	635	582	616	106	46	43	26,978	26,730	99
East Central	568	600	551	582	106	43	32	23,456	18,740	80
Southeast	572	610	556	591	106	30	27	16,858	15,860	94
State	2,800	2,900	2,710	2,800	103	41	36	111,110	100,800	91

Corn grain production is forecast at 10.9 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last month but 8 percent below 2004. If realized, this would be the second largest crop on record. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 146.1 bushels per acre, up 2.9 bushels from September but 14.3 bushels below last year. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 74.3 million acres, up 15,000 acres from September and 1 percent higher than 2004.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 375 million bushels, down 6 percent from September and down 18 percent from 2004. Area harvested and to be harvested, at 5.69 million acres, is down 6 percent from last month and 13 percent below 2004. The U.S. yield is forecast at 66.0 bushels per acre, unchanged from September but down 3.8 bushels from last year.

Soybean production is forecast at 2.97 billion bushels, up 4 percent from the September forecast but 5 percent below 2004. Based on conditions as of October 1, yield is expected to average 41.6 bushels per acre, up 2.0 bushels from September but 0.6 bushel below last year’s record high yield. Area planted now is estimated at 72.2 million acres, down 903,000 acres from the August estimate. Area for harvest is forecast at 71.3 million acres, down 914,000 from September.

United States Crop Production, October 1, 2005
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre		Production
Crop & Unit	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
	1,000 Acres				Per Unit		(000's)
All Wheat, bu.	59,674	57,091	49,999	49,980	43.2	42.0	2,158,245	2,098,270
Winter Wheat, bu.	43,350	40,320	34,462	33,680	43.5	44.4	1,499,434	1,493,769
Oats, bu.	4,085	4,240	1,787	1,823	64.7	63.1	115,695	115,002
Barley, bu.	4,527	3,922	4,021	3,276	69.6	64.8	279,743	212,196
Rye, bu.	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	146.1	11,807,217	10,857,440
Sorghum Grain, bu.	7,486	6,495	6,517	5,687	69.8	66.0	454,899	375,105
Soybeans, bu.	75,208	72,200	73,958	71,270	42.2	41.6	3,123,686	2,967,075
All Sunflowers, lbs. 2/	1,873	2,706	1,711	2,581	1,198	1,500	2,049,613	3,870,910
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/	1,354.3	1,659.8	1,219.3	1,522.1	1,460	1,715	17,799	26,109
All Cotton, bales	13,658.6	14,184.0	13,057.0	13,673.0	855	797	23,250.7	22,717.0
All Hay, tons	-	-	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
Pecans, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	185,800	288,700
Apples, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,419.9	9,379.1

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ 2005 estimates for oil and non-oil varieties will be published in the “Crop Production 2005 Summary” in January 2005. 3/ Yield in pounds.

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions on September 1 totaled 309.1 million bushels, 13 percent higher than last year's total. Wheat stored in off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 268.1 million bushels, an increase of 12 percent from a year ago. Wheat stored off the farm accounted for 87 percent of all wheat stocks. Wheat in farm storage totaled 41.0 million bushels, up 21 percent from last September.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 29.5 million bushels, up from 13.9 million bushels last year. Off-farm holdings of 27.0 million bushels were up from 12.1 million bushels last year. Sorghum grain stored off the farm accounted for 92 percent of the total sorghum stocks. On-farm stocks of 2.5 million bushels were up 700,000 bushels from a year ago.

Corn stocks in all locations, at 73.8 million bushels, were up 273 percent from a year ago. Off-farm corn stocks of 58.8 million bushels were up from 16.5 million bushels last year and accounted for 80 percent of total corn stocks. On-farm stocks of 15.0 million bushels were 43 percent above last September.

Kansas soybeans stored in all positions totaled 6.0 million bushels, up 3.4 million bushels from last year. Off-farm locations held 4.4 million bushels, up 2.1 million bushels from last year, and accounted for 73 percent of total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks of 1.6 million bushels are 1.3 million bushels above last year.

Oats stored at off-farm locations totaled 799,000 bushels, up 9 percent from September 2004.

Barley stored at off-farm locations totaled 95,000 bushels, compared with 51,000 a year earlier.

Stocks of Grain , September 1, 2005, with Comparisons
Grain	Position	Kansas			United States
Grain	Position	Sept. 1, 2004	June 1, 2005	Sept. 1, 2005	Sept. 1, 2004	June 1, 2005	Sept. 1, 2005
		1,000 Bushels
All Wheat	On Farms	34,000	4,000	41,000	790,600	161,275	719,360
	Off Farms 1/	239,389	53,021	268,134	1,147,807	378,825	1,199,274
	TOTAL	273,389	57,021	309,134	1,938,407	540,100	1,918,634
Sorghum Grain	On Farms	1,800	9,000	2,500	3,700	16,000	5,900
	Off Farms 1/	12,149	56,139	26,975	29,849	97,170	51,107
	TOTAL	13,949	65,139	29,475	33,549	113,170	57,007
Corn	On Farms	10,500	40,000	15,000	438,000	2,462,300	820,500
	Off Farms 1/	16,538	98,819	58,826	520,091	1,857,482	1,291,734
	TOTAL	27,038	138,819	73,826	958,091	4,319,782	2,112,234
Oats	On Farms	*	*	*	74,300	25,350	71,200
	Off Farms 1/	735	373	799	41,458	32,592	41,843
	TOTAL	*	*	*	115,758	57,942	113,043
Barley	On Farms	*	*	*	175,300	41,100	137,400
	Off Farms 1/	51	18	95	114,777	87,317	113,911
	TOTAL	*	*	*	290,077	128,417	251,311
Soybeans	On Farms	300	7,000	1,600	29,400	356,100	99,700
	Off Farms 1/	2,383	15,852	4,435	83,014	343,174	155,807
	TOTAL	2,683	22,852	6,035	112,414	699,274	255,507
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. * Not published to avoid disclosure.