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KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Kansas Department of Agriculture
PO Box 3534
Topeka, KS 66601-3534
Phone: 785-233-2230

Released: February , 1998
Volume 98, No. 2

             PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS
IN THIS ISSUE:    NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS
            KANSAS COMMERCIAL APPLES & PEACHES


PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS 1/
Crop and Unit Price Per Unit Value of Production
1995 1996 1997 1995 1996 1997

KANSAS
Dollars
1,000 Dollars
    Winter Wheat, Bu. 4 .59 4 .63 3 .20 1,312,740 1,181,576 1,619,200
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 3 .10 2 .28 2 .15 538,160 807,576 586,950
    Corn Grain, Bu. 3 .24 2 .83 2 .65 791,467 1,010,876 1,023,165
    Soybeans, Bu. 6 .69 7 .17 6 .45 342,863 530,580 572,760
    Oats, Bu. 1 .71 1 .92 1 .50 6,430 7,987 7,680
    Barley, Bu. 2 .11 3 .15 2 .65 665 1,143 848
    Rye, Bu. 3 .11 3 .85 3 .50 1,244 578 1,050
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 11 .50 12 .20 11 .90 32,413 41,712 28,397
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 18 .80 26 .50 17 .00 9,043 11,766 6,460
    Apples, Lbs. .305 .258 .193 1,527 464 1,720
    Peaches, Lbs .410 .450 .420 328 135 84
    Pecans, Lbs. .920 .980 .744 460 196 3,125
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 75 .00 83 .00 85 .50 436,573 543,695 553,500
    Cotton, Lbs. .725 .598 .619 348 1,177 5,021
    Total, Above Crops -- -- 3,474,261 4,139,461 4,409,960
UNITED STATES
    All Wheat, Bu. 4 .55 4 .30 3 .45 9,787,213 9,814,961 8,611,684
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 3 .19 2 .34 2 .25 1,395,413 2,004,154 1,455,717
    Corn Grain, Bu. 3 .24 2 .71 2 .60 24,117,503 25,312,028 24,394,072
    Soybeans, Bu. 6 .72 7 .35 6 .50 14,616,758 17,455,175 17,704,722
    Oats, Bu. 1 .67 1 .96 1 .60 280,547 319,067 289,148
    Barley, Bu. 2 .89 2 .74 2 .40 1,028,756 1,091,463 917,131
    Rye, Bu. 2 .90 3 .70 3 .60 28,948 33,407 31,946
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 11 .50 11 .70 11 .30 457,575 417,910 426,571
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 20 .80 23 .50 17 .70 636,133 653,134 586,452
    Apples, Lbs. .170 .159 .166 1,765,582 1,644,226 1,687,974
    Peaches, Lbs .185 .192 .179 404,990 394,308 451,202
    Pecans, Lbs. 1 .010 .637 .945 271,818 141,119 257,043
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 82 .20 95 .80 102 .50 11,041,844 12,722,600 13,416,721
    All Cotton, Lbs. .765 .705 .674 6,574,612 6,408,144 6,142,346
    Total (Incl Crops Not Listed) -- -- -- 102,031,813 108,442,451 108,807,628
1/    Preliminary marketing year average price estimates for 1997. Marketing year average prices do not include allowances for outstanding loans, government purchases, deficiency payments, or disaster payments. Value of production estimates in this report relate to the crop year, which is different from cash receipts, which relate to sales during a calendar year, irrespective of the year of production.
2/    The marketing year average price per ton included in this report for hay represents the average price received by producers for hay actually sold and not the derived price representing the average value per ton of all hay produced.

Table 2-- NUMBER OF FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS, KANSAS, 1970-97 1/
Year Number of
Farms 		Avg. Size
of Farm 		Land in
Farms 		Year Number of
Farms 		Avg. Size
of Farm 		Land in
Farms
Acres
 1,000 Acres
 Acres
 1,000 Acres
1970 87,000 574 49,900 1990 69,000 694 47,900
1980 75,000 644 48,300 1991 69,000 694 47,900
1984 74,000 649 48,000 1992 67,000 713 47,800
1985 72,000 667 48,000 1993 65,000 735 47,800
1986 70,000 684 47,900 1994 65,000 735 47,800
1987 70,000 684 47,900 1995 2/ 66,000 724 47,800
1988 69,000 694 47,900 1996 2/ 66,000 724 47,800
1989 69,000 694 47,900 1997 2/ 64,000 747 47,800
1/ Beginning with 1975, a farm is any place with annual sales of agricultural products of $1,000 or more. Between 1959 and 1975, a farm was a place of 10 or more acres with annual sales of farm products of $50 or more, less than 10 acres with sales of $250 or more. 2/ The definition of a farm was altered in 1995 to include any place with 5 or more horses.

Table 3- -COMMERCIAL APPLES AND PEACHES, KANSAS, 1996 & 1997 1/
Items Apples Peaches
1996 1997 1996 1997
Bearing Acreage (Acres)
 450 450 150 180
Yield per Acre (Pounds) 2/
 4,440 22,200 2,670 1,110
Total Production (Million Pounds)
 2.0 10.0 0.4 0.2
Utilized Production (Million Pounds)
 1.8 8.9 0.3 0.2
Price per Pound (Dollars)
 0.258 0.193 0.450 0.420
Value of Utilized Production (Thousand Dollars)
464
1,720
135
84
1/    Preliminary estimate for 1997.
2/    Yield is based on total production, which includes unharvested production and fruit harvested but not sold due to market conditions.

Charles Ruckman & Aubrey Haynes, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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