CROPS

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Kansas Department of Agriculture

PO Box 3534

Topeka, KS 66601-3534

Phone: 785-233-2230

Released: November 9, 2006

Volume 06, No. 11

Sorghum Forecast Decreases, Corn and Soybeans Unchanged

Kansas corn production is forecast at 387.5 million bushels, unchanged from the previous forecast but 17 percent below last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 123 bushels per acre, also unchanged from the previous forecast but 12 bushels below last year’s yield. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.15 million, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 9 percent from 2005.

Sorghum grain production is expected to total 132.0 million bushels, down 8 percent from the October forecast and 32 percent below last year. Yields are forecast to average 55 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from October 1 and 20 bushels less than last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.40 million, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 200,000 from 2005.

The soybean crop is expected to total 93.0 million bushels, unchanged from October 1 but 12 percent lower than last year’s crop. Yields are expected to average 31 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but 6 bushels less than last year’s yield. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 3.00 million, unchanged from the previous month but 5 percent more than 2005.

Kansas Crop Production, November 1, 2006
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006
	1,000 Acres				Per Units		(000)
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	10,000	9,800	9,500	9,100	40	32	380,000	291,200
Oats, bu. 3/	100	100	40	40	59	45	2,360	1,800
Barley, bu. 3/	19	24	14	18	42	27	588	486
Corn Grain, bu.	3,650	3,400	3,450	3,150	135	123	465,750	387,450
Sorghum Grain, bu.	2,750	2,650	2,600	2,400	75	55	195,000	132,000
Soybeans, bu.	2,900	3,150	2,850	3,000	37	31	105,450	93,000
All Sunflowers, lbs 3/	300	152	289	141	1,564	1,208	452,100	170,300
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	13.0	11.0	12.5	10.0	2,200	2,100	275	210
All Cotton, 480 lb. bales 4/	74.0	115.0	66.0	110.0	638	611	87.7	140.0
All Hay, tons 3/	-		2,900	2,900	2.30	1.90	6,680	5,500
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	850	900	4.00	3.00	3,400	2,700
Other Hay, tons	-	-	2,050	2,000	1.60	1.40	3,280	2,800

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.

U.S. Corn Down but Soybean Production Up Slightly From October

Corn for grain production is forecast at 10.7 billion bushels, down 1 percent from last month and 3 percent below 2005. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 151.2 bushels per acre, down 2.3 bushels from October but 3.3 bushels higher than last year. If realized, the yield would be the second highest on record, behind 2004. Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 71.0 million acres, unchanged from October but down 5 percent from 2005. The November 1 corn objective yield data indicate the second highest ear count on record for the combined ten objective yield states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin), down 1 percent from the record high set in 2004.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 288 million bushels, down 4 percent from last month and 27 percent below last year. Based on November 1 conditions, the sorghum yield is forecast at 54.2 bushels per acre, down 2.4 bushels from October and down 14.5 bushels from last year. The acreage to be harvested for grain is 5.32 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 7 percent from last year.

Soybean production is forecast at 3.20 billion bushels, up slightly from October and 5 percent above 2005. If realized, this would be the largest U.S. soybean crop on record. Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 43.0 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushels from last month and equal to last year’s record high yield. Growers expect to harvest 74.5 million acres, unchanged from the October forecast but up 5 percent from 2005.

United States Crop Production, November 1, 2006
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006	2005	2006
	1,000 Acres				Per Units		(000)
All Wheat, bu. 3/	57,229	57,344	50,119	46,810	42.0	38.7	2,104,690	1,812,036
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/	40,433	40,575	33,794	31,117	44.4	41.7	1,499,129	1,298,081
Oats, bu. 3/	4,246	4,168	1,823	1,576	63.0	59.5	114,878	93,764
Barley, bu. 3/	3,875	3,452	3,269	2,951	64.8	61.0	211,896	180,051
Rye, bu. 3/	1,433	1,396	279	274	27.0	26.3	7,537	7,193
Corn Grain, bu.	81,759	78,561	75,107	71,047	147.9	151.2	11,112,072	10,744,806
Sorghum Grain, bu.	6,454	6,319	5,736	5,319	68.7	54.2	393,893	288,470
Soybeans, bu.	72,032	75,565	71,251	74,505	43.0	43.0	3,063,237	3,203,908
All Sunflowers, lbs. 3/	2,709	1,984	2,610	1,864	1,540	1,134	4,018,355	2,113,625
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/	1,665.0	1,648.8	1,568.6	1,562.4	1,744	1,523	27,350	23,800
All Cotton, 480 lb. bales 3/ 4/	14,245.4	15,281.0	13,802.6	12,816.0	831	798	23,890.2	21,299.0
All Hay, tons 3/	-	-	61,649	62,697	2.44	2.35	150,590	147,038
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	22,389	22,407	3.38	3.33	75,771	74,527
Other Hay, tons	-	-	39,260	40,290	1.91	1.80	74,819	72,511

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.

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Kansas Crop Production Forecast, November 1, 2006, by Districts
Crop and District	Acres Planted, All Purposes		Acres Harvested for Grain			Yield per Acre 1/		Production
	2005	2006	2005	2006	% Prev. Year	2005	2006	2005	2006	% Prev. Year
	------------ 1,000 Acres ------------					Bushels		1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest	560	580	516	525	102	116	102	60,010	53,800	90
West Central	320	290	282	255	90	108	100	30,400	25,600	84
Southwest	800	690	752	645	86	185	186	139,020	120,200	86
North Central	245	240	235	220	94	122	100	28,600	22,000	77
Central	135	130	125	115	92	121	115	15,140	13,250	88
South Central	390	340	377	320	85	154	143	58,080	45,900	79
Northeast	540	540	519	510	98	130	111	67,550	56,700	84
East Central	310	280	300	265	88	105	91	31,610	24,200	77
Southeast	350	310	344	295	86	103	87	35,340	25,800	73
State	3,650	3,400	3,450	3,150	91	135	123	465,750	387,450	83
SOYBEANS
Northwest	57	61	52	55	106	43	41	2,235	2,282	102
West Central	18	22	17	21	124	32	43	537	913	170
Southwest	100	112	98	109	111	55	55	5,409	5,975	110
North Central	319	375	314	352	112	42	33	13,089	11,790	90
Central	210	240	207	225	109	30	30	6,307	6,860	109
South Central	278	310	273	300	110	40	36	10,789	10,948	101
Northeast	593	650	589	624	106	45	38	26,478	24,019	91
East Central	673	710	660	692	105	35	27	22,889	19,024	83
Southeast	652	670	640	622	97	28	18	17,717	11,189	63
State	2,900	3,150	2,850	3,000	105	37	31	105,450	93,000	88

1/ Production divided by harvested acres rounded to whole bushels.

Joel Golz & Dan Kolterman, Agricultural Statisticians

Eldon J. Thiessen, Director

Eddie Wells, Deputy Director