Released: February 12, 1999
Volume 99, No. 2

PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS 1/
Crop and Unit	Price Per Unit			Value of Production
	1996	1997	1998	1996	1997	1998
KANSAS	Dollars			1,000 Dollars
Winter Wheat, Bu.	4 .63	3 .16	2 .55	1,181,576	1,584,424	1,261,995
Sorghum Grain, Bu.	2 .28	2 .13	1 .70	807,576	564,876	448,800
Corn Grain, Bu.	2 .83	2 .47	1 .95	1,010,876	918,346	816,953
Soybeans, Bu.	7 .17	6 .42	5 .35	530,580	558,219	401,250
Oats, Bu.	1 .92	1 .52	1 .60	7,910	7,174	4,320
Barley, Bu.	3 .15	2 .69	2 .30	1,143	904	644
Rye, Bu.	3 .90	3 .60	2 .20	585	1,080	825
All Sunflowers, Cwt.	12 .20	12 .30	10 .60	38,643	25,114	26,016
Dry Edible Beans, Cwt.	26 .50	18 .60	15 .80	11,766	7,068	6,004
Apples, Lbs.	0 .258	0 .185	0 .208	464	1,186	187
Peaches, Lbs	0 .450	0 .420	0 .470	135	84	235
Pecans, Lbs.	0 .980	0 .670	1 .250	196	2,814	63
All Hay, Tons 2/	83 .00	84 .00	73 .00	543,695	550,080	561,580
Cotton, Lbs.	0 .598	0 .579	0 .615	1,177	2,418	3,956
Total, Above Crops	--	--	--	4,136,322	4,223,787	3,532,828
UNITED STATES
All Wheat, Bu.	4 .30	3 .38	2 .70	9,782,238	8,286,741	6,931,996
Sorghum Grain, Bu.	2 .34	2 .21	1 .75	1,986,316	1,408,909	952,514
Corn Grain, Bu.	2 .71	2 .43	1 .95	25,149,013	22,351,507	19,092,590
Soybeans, Bu.	7 .35	6 .47	5 .35	17,439,971	17,372,628	14,659,646
Oats, Bu.	1 .96	1 .60	1 .10	313,920	273,284	188,295
Barley, Bu.	2 .74	2 .38	1 .95	1,080,940	861,620	663,773
Rye, Bu.	3 .70	3 .75	2 .49	33,118	30,120	29,879
All Sunflowers, Cwt.	11 .70	11 .60	10 .20	414,842	426,766	524,654
Dry Edible Beans, Cwt.	23 .50	19 .30	19 .80	652,240	576,658	604,888
Apples, Lbs.	0 .159	0 .154	0 .116	1,641,462	1,575,403	1,226,380
Peaches, Lbs	0 .191	0 .177	0 .188	389,894	444,137	442,939
Pecans, Lbs.	0 .641	0 .774	1 .230	134,355	259,220	190,744
All Hay, Tons 2/	95 .80	100 .00	87 .00	12,726,992	13,249,825	11,720,420
All Cotton, Lbs.	0 .705	0 .662	0 .653	6,408,144	5,975,585	4,321,585
Total (Incl Crops Not Listed)	--	--	--	108,253,586	106,091,411	92,848,431
1/    Preliminary marketing year average price estimates for 1998. 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 3- -COMMERCIAL APPLES AND PEACHES, KANSAS, 1997 & 1998 1/
Items	Apples		Peaches
	1997	1998	1997	1998
Bearing Acreage (Acres)	650	600	180	180
Yield per Acre (Pounds) 2/	11,500	2,670	1,110	2,780
Total Production (Million Pounds)	7 .5	1 .6	0 .2	0 .5
Utilized Production (Million Pounds)	6 .4	0 .9	0 .2	0 .5
Price per Pound (Dollars)	0 .185	0 .208	0 .420	0 .470
Value of Utilized Production (Thousand Dollars)	1,186	187	84	235

1/    Preliminary estimate for 1998.
2/    Yield is based on total production, which includes unharvested production and fruit harvested but not sold due to market conditions.

Ron Sitzman & Deonne McCray, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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