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

Released: February 11, 2000
Volume 00, No. 2

PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS 1/
Crop and Unit Price Per Unit Value of Production
1997 1998 1999 1997 1998 1999

KANSAS
Dollars
1,000 Dollars
    Winter Wheat, Bu. 3 .16 2 .53 2 .35 1,584,424 1,252,097 1,016,140
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 2 .13 1 .60 1 .55 564,876 422,400 400,520
    Corn Grain, Bu. 2 .47 1 .96 1 .90 918,346 821,142 798,392
    Soybeans, Bu. 6 .42 4 .98 4 .65 558,219 373,500 364,560
    Oats, Bu. 1 .52 1 .56 1 .30 7,174 4,212 4,277
    Barley, Bu. 2 .69 2 .10 2 .00 904 588 1,170
    Rye, Bu. 3 .60 2 .20 1 .80 1,080 825 540
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 12 .30 11 .10 6 .70 25,114 26,621 27,975
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 18 .60 14 .70 15 .90 7,068 5,586 6,153
    Apples, Lbs. 0 .185 0 .256 0 .224 1,186 230 1,009
    Peaches, Lbs 0 .420 0 .470 0 .420 84 235 336
    Pecans, Lbs. 0 .670 0 .880 0 .920 2,814 44 3,220
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 84 .00 72 .50 65 .50 550,080 555,860 431,603
    Cotton, Lbs. 0 .579 0 .561 0 .381 2,418 3,743 4,097
    Total, Above Crops -- -- -- 4,223,787 3,467,083 3,059,992
UNITED STATES
    All Wheat, Bu. 3 .38 2 .65 2 .55 8,286,741 6,780,623 5,903,901
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 2 .21 1 .66 1 .65 1,408,909 905,468 970,966
    Corn Grain, Bu. 2 .43 1 .94 1 .90 22,351,507 18,922,084 17,949,707
    Soybeans, Bu. 6 .47 4 .93 4 .75 17,372,628 13,493,891 12,451,149
    Oats, Bu. 1 .60 1 .10 1 .10 273,284 199,748 169,873
    Barley, Bu. 2 .38 1 .98 2 .05 861,620 686,517 552,941
    Rye, Bu. 3 .75 2 .49 2 .28 30,120 30,404 25,054
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 11 .60 10 .20 8 .00 426,766 536,971 353,472
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 19 .30 19 .00 17 .60 576,658 567,243 587,857
    Apples, Lbs. 0 .154 0 .123 0 .160 1,575,403 1,322,319 1,678,891
    Peaches, Lbs 0 .177 0 .192 0 .192 444,137 447,297 464,551
    Pecans, Lbs. 0 .774 1 .210 0 .843 259,220 177,452 273,679
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 100 .00 84 .60 77 .00 13,249,825 11,606,734 10,889,893
    All Cotton, Lbs. 0 .662 0 .653 0 .471 5,975,585 4,119,911 3,836,490
    Total (Incl Crops Not Listed) -- -- -- 106,041,387 91,211,418 87,055,404
1/    Preliminary marketing year average price estimates for 1999. 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.


Ron Sitzman & Doug Hartwig, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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