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

Released: November 10, 1999
Volume 99, No. 11

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CROP
PRODUCTION

KANSAS CORN PRODUCTION DOWN FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST


Kansas corn production is forecast at 389.2 million bushels, according to Kansas Agricultural Statistics (see table 1). The current production is 2 percent below the October 1 forecast and 7 percent below the previous year's crop. The average yield is expected to be 139 bushels per acre, down 3 bushels from the previous forecast and 8 bushels below last year's yield. Acres harvested for grain, at 2.8 million, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 50,000 acres from 1998.

Grain sorghum production is expected to total 261.8 million bushels, up 5 percent from the October forecast but down 1 percent from last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 3.4 million, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 100,000 acres from 1998. The average yield is forecast at 77 bushels per acre, up 4 bushels from October 1 but down 3 bushels from last year.

The soybean crop is expected to total 74.2 million bushels, up nearly 2.7 million bushels from October 1 but down 800,000 bushels from the previous year. The yield is expected to average 28 bushels per acre, up 1 bushel from last month but 2 bushels below last year's yield. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.65 million, unchanged from the previous month but up 150,000 acres from 1998.

Table 1-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1, 1999
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 1/ Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ Production
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
1,000 Acres Per Unit (000's)
Winter Wheat, bu. 4/ 10,700 10,000 10,100 9,200 49 47 494,900 432,400
Oats, bu. 4/ 110 120 60 70 45 47 2,700 3,290
Barley, bu. 4/ 8 16 8 13 35 45 280 585
Rye, bu. 4/ 80 90 15 10 25 30 375 300
Corn Grain, bu. 3,000 3,000 2,850 2,800 147 139 418,950 389,200
Sorghum Grain, bu. 3,500 3,600 3,300 3,400 80 77 264,000 261,800
Soybeans, bu. 2,550 2,700 2,500 2,650 30 28 75,000 74,200
All Sunflowers, lbs 4/ 180 270 175 260 1,528 1,560 267,350 405,600
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 4/ 20 24 19 23 2,000 1,850 380 426
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 3/ 4/ 17 .0 29 .0 16 .5 28 .0 404 411 13 .9 24 .0
All Hay, tons 4/ - - 2,900 2,900 2 .77 2 .69 8,020 7,805
    Alfalfa Hay, tons 4/ - - 1,000 850 4 .60 4 .60 4,600 3,910
    Other Hay, tons 4/ - - 1,900 2,050 1 .80 1 .90 3,420 3,895
1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Yields are rounded. 3/ Yield in pounds. 4/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast.

U.S. CROP PRODUCTION - NOVEMBER 1999

Corn production is forecast at 9.54 billion bushels, up 1 percent from last month but down 2 percent from 1998. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 134.5 bushels per acre, up 1.0 bushel per acre from last month and up 0.1 bushel from 1998. If realized, this would be the third largest production and the second highest yield on record. Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 70.9 million acres, unchanged from last month. Ideal weather conditions allowed rapid harvest progress and limited harvest loss throughout the Corn Belt.

Grain sorghum production is forecast at 596 million bushels, up from the October forecast of 580 million bushels and 15 percent above the 1998 production of 520 million bushels. The U.S. yield is forecast at 70.2 bushels per acre, up from 68.3 last month and 2.9 bushels above the 1998 yield. Area harvested and to be harvested was unchanged from

October, at 8.50 million acres and up 11 percent from the previous year.

Soybean production is forecast at 2.67 billion bushels, down 1 percent from October 1 and 2 percent from last year's record of 2.74 billion bushels. The yield forecast, at 36.7 bushels per acre, decreased 0.3 bushel from last month and is 2.2 bushels below the 1998 final yield. Acreage for harvest is estimated at a record 72.8 million acres, unchanged from October 1 but up 3 percent from 1998.

Table 2-- UNITED STATES CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1, 1999
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 1/ Harvested Yield per Acre Production
1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999 1998 1999
1,000 Acres Per Unit (000's)
All Wheat, bu. 3/ 65,821 62,998 59,002 54,069 43 .2 42 .7 2,547,321 2,307,951
Winter Wheat, bu. 3/ 46,449 43,425 40,126 35,542 46 .9 47 .8 1,880,733 1,698,369
Oats, bu. 3/ 4,892 4,670 2,755 2,455 60 .2 59 .7 165,981 146,506
Barley, bu. 3/ 6,337 5,223 5,864 4,758 60 .0 59 .2 352,125 281,853
Rye, bu. 3/ 1,566 1,582 418 383 29 .1 28 .7 12,161 10,993
Corn Grain, bu. 80,187 77,611 72,604 70,925 134 .4 134 .5 9,761,085 9,537,137
Sorghum Grain, bu. 9,626 9,299 7,723 8,499 67 .3 70 .1 519,933 595,997
Soybeans, bu. 72,025 74,145 70,441 72,786 38 .9 36 .7 2,741,014 2,672,972
All Sunflowers, lbs. 3/ 3,568 .0 3,676 .0 3,492 .0 3,593 .0 1,510 1,404 5,273,162 5,043,370
Dry Beans, cwt. 2/ 2,010 .1 1,992 .6 1,913 .9 1,903 .0 1,611 1,669 30,828 31,755
Cotton, 480 lb. bales 13,392 .5 14,601 .2 10,683 .6 13,405 .2 625 592 13,918 .2 16,530 .5
All Hay, tons 3/ - - 60,016 62,051 2 .52 2 .60 151,338 161,385
    Alfalfa Hay, tons 3/ - - 23,642 23,968 3 .47 3 .57 82,010 85,487
    Other Hay, tons 3/ - - 36,374 38,083 1 .91 1 .99 69,328 75,898
1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Yields in pounds. 3/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast.

Table 3-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION FORECAST, NOVEMBER 1, 1999, BY DISTRICTS
Crop And District Acres Planted,
All Purposes 1/ 		Acres Harvested
for Grain 1/ 		Yield
per Acre 		Production
1998 1999 1998 1999 % Prev.
Year 		1998 1999 1998 1999 % Prev.
Year
------------ 1,000 Acres ------------ Bushels 1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest 500 520 489 499 102 153 148 74,890 73,870 99
West Central 254 290 229 258 113 149 138 34,090 35,520 104
Southwest 900 850 873 815 93 176 176 153,620 143,040 93
North Central 220 283 205 262 128 125 126 25,545 32,910 129
Central 98 88 83 74 89 121 130 10,025 9,620 96
South Central 330 264 314 244 78 141 137 44,395 33,320 75
Northeast 380 418 363 393 108 128 101 46,490 39,660 85
East Central 215 213 200 189 95 110 90 22,035 17,100 78
Southeast 103 74 94 66 70 84 63 7,860 4,160 53
    State 3,000 3,000 2,850 2,800 98 147 139 418,950 389,200 93
SORGHUM GRAIN
Northwest 190 210 176 197 112 92 87 16,253 17,237 106
West Central 321 340 304 324 107 92 90 28,042 29,321 105
Southwest 560 540 527 508 96 70 66 36,842 33,781 92
North Central 600 577 563 544 97 93 89 52,577 48,687 93
Central 580 562 553 523 95 75 81 41,651 42,623 102
South Central 532 642 500 601 120 63 64 31,307 38,615 123
Northeast 252 224 240 216 90 99 81 23,856 17,593 74
East Central 173 222 162 215 133 81 72 13,122 15,587 119
Southeast 292 283 275 272 99 74 67 20,350 18,356 90
    State 3,500 3,600 3,300 3,400 103 80 77 264,000 261,800 99
SOYBEANS
Northwest 28 51 28 51 183 50 49 1,395 2,490 178
West Central 16 20 16 20 128 45 50 705 990 140
Southwest 44 65 44 64 147 50 47 2,174 2,980 137
North Central 217 295 217 294 136 38 34 8,272 9,850 119
Central 137 165 136 163 120 31 36 4,196 5,790 138
South Central 253 240 248 236 95 38 39 9,535 9,100 95
Northeast 545 563 541 559 103 36 31 19,455 17,150 88
East Central 635 614 623 602 97 27 24 16,556 14,200 86
Southeast 675 687 649 661 102 20 18 12,712 11,650 92
    State 2,550 2,700 2,500 2,650 106 30 28 75,000 74,200 99
1/ Districts may not add to State due to rounding.


Doug Hartwig & Deonne McCray, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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