Released: January 12, 2000
Volume 00, No. 1

CORN: Corn production for grain totaled a record 420.2 million bushels, up 8 percent from the November forecast, and 1.23 million bushels above last year's record high production of 419.0 million bushels. The yield averaged 141 bushels per acre, 2 bushels above the November forecast, but 6 bushels below the 1998 yield. Planted area was 3.15 million acres, 150,000 acres more than the previous year. Acreage harvested for grain, at 2.98 million acres, was up 5 percent from the area harvested in 1998. Corn silage production, at 2.21 million tons, was 3 percent below production in 1998.

SOYBEANS: Production of soybeans totaled 78.4 million bushels, up 4.2 million bushels from the November forecast, and 3.4 million bushels above last year's record production. Yield per acre is 28.0 bushels, unchanged from November but 2 bushels below 1998. Harvested acreage was a new record 2.80 million acres, up 12 percent from the previous record set last year.

HAY: Production of all types of hay was 7.26 million tons, down 550,000 tons from the previous forecast, and 765,000 tons from the previous year. Alfalfa production was down 19 percent from 1998, while other hay production was up 3 percent from 1998. Alfalfa acreage harvested was down 150,000 from 1998. Other hay harvested decreased by 50,000 acres.

SMALL GRAINS: Wheat production was 432.4 million bushels, down 13 percent from 1998 crop. Acres planted totaled 10.0 million, down 7 percent from 1998. Acreage harvested, at 9.2 million acres, was down 9 percent and yield was 2 bushels below 1998. Oat production of 3.29 million bushels was up 22 percent from the previous year. Barley production, at 585,000 bushels, was up 305,000 bushels from 1998.

OTHER CROPS: Dry bean production, at 387,000 cwt., was up 7,000 cwt. from 1998. Sunflower production set a new record with 405.8 million pounds, 75.0 million pounds above the old record set in 1994 and 52 percent above last year's production. Cotton production, at 22,400 bales, compares to 13,900 bales in 1998. Harvest was 28,000 acres, compared with 16,500 acres harvested in 1998. New seeding of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures was 80,000 acres, down 30,000 acres from last year.

Table 1-- 1999 CROP SUMMARY, KANSAS
Crop & Unit	Planted Acreage	Harvested Acreage		Yield per Acre		Production
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
		1,000		Per Unit		1,000
Wheat, bu.	10,000	10,100	9,200	49	47	494,900	432,400
Oats, bu.	120	60	70	45	47	2,700	3,290
Barley, bu.	16	8	13	35	45	280	585
Rye, bu.	90	15	10	25	30	375	300
All Corn	3,150	2,970	3,110	-	-	-	-
Corn Grain, bu.	-	2,850	2,980	147	141	418,950	420,180
Corn Silage, tons	-	120	130	19 .0	17 .0	2,280	2,210
All Sorghum	3,600	3,380	3,490	-	-	-	-
Sorghum Grain, bu.	-	3,300	3,400	80	76	264,000	258,400
Sorghum Silage, tons	-	80	90	15 .0	16 .0	1,200	1,440
Soybeans, bu.	2,850	2,500	2,800	30	28	75,000	78,400
Sunflowers, lbs.	280	175	267	1,528	1,520	267,350	405,750
Oil, lbs.	250	155	240	1,570	1,550	243,350	372,000
Non-Oil, lbs.	30	20	27	1,200	1,250	24,000	33,750
Dry Beans, cwt. 1/	22 .0	19 .0	20 .9	2,000	1,850	380	387
Cotton, bales 1/	33 .0	16 .5	28 .0	404	384	13 .9	22 .4
All Hay, tons	-	2,900	2,700	2 .77	2 .69	8,020	7,255
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	1,000	850	4 .60	4 .40	4,600	3,740
Other Hay, tons	-	1,900	1,850	1 .80	1 .90	3,420	3,515

1/ Yield in pounds.

CORN: The 1999 corn for grain production was estimated at 9.44 billion bushels, down 3 percent from the 1998 crop and 1 percent from the November 1 forecast (see Table 2). The 1999 production ranks as the fourth highest production on record behind the 1994, 1998, and 1992 respective crop years. The U.S. yield of 133.8 bushels per acre, was down 0.6 bushel from last year. Planted area totaled 77.4 million acres, 3 percent less than in 1998. Acres harvested for grain, at 70.5 million acres, were also down by 3 percent from 1998.

SORGHUM: Production of grain sorghum in 1999 was estimated at 595 million bushels, up 14 percent from 1998. Area harvested for grain was estimated at 8.5 million acres, up 11 percent from 1998. Average grain yield, at 69.7 bushels per acre, was 2.4 bushels above the 1998 average yield. Kansas continues to lead the Nation in sorghum planted, harvested acres, and production for both grain and silage. Texas sorghum acres decreased from last year, mainly due to an increase in cotton planted acreage.

SOYBEANS: Production of soybeans totaled 2.64 billion bushels in 1999, down 1 percent from the November 1 forecast, 4 percent below 1998, and the third highest production. The average yield per acre in 1999 is estimated at 36.5 bushels, 0.2 bushel below the November 1 forecast, and 2.4 bushels below the 1998 yield. Planted area for the U.S., at 73.8 million acres, was up 2 percent from 1998 and the largest planted acreage on record. Harvested area totaled 72.5 million acres, also a record, and is 3 percent above 1998.

ALL WHEAT: Production of wheat for 1999 is estimated at 2.30 billion bushels, down 1 percent from the level published in the "Small Grains 1999 Summary," and 10 percent below the 1998 level. Most of the production decline from the last estimate is in Durum wheat, primarily due to a reduction in both grain area and yield in North Dakota. Durum wheat is down 10 percent from the last estimate, other spring wheat is down 1 percent, and all winter wheat is up fractionally.

Table 2-- 1999 CROP SUMMARY, UNITED STATES
Crop & Unit	Planted Acreage	Harvested Acreage		Yield per Acre		Production
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999
	1,000	1,000		Per Unit		1,000
Wheat, bu.	62,814	59,002	53,909	43 .2	42 .7	2,547,321	2,302,443
Oats, bu.	4,670	2,755	2,453	60 .2	59 .6	165,981	146,218
Barley, bu.	5,223	5,864	4,758	60 .0	59 .2	352,125	281,853
Rye, bu.	1,582	418	383	29 .1	28 .7	12,161	10,993
All Corn	77,431	78,502	76,599	-	-	-	-
Corn Grain, bu.	-	72,589	70,537	134 .4	133 .8	9,758,685	9,437,337
Corn Silage, tons	-	5,913	6,062	16 .1	15 .9	95,479	96,169
All Sorghum	9,228	8,031	8,864	-	-	-	-
Sorghum Grain, bu.	-	7,723	8,544	67 .3	69 .7	519,933	595,166
Sorghum Silage, tons	-	308	320	11 .4	11 .6	3,526	3,716
Soybeans, bu.	73,780	70,441	72,476	38 .9	36 .5	2,741,014	2,642,908
Sunflowers, lbs.	3,553	3,492	3,441	1,510	1,262	5,273,162	4,341,862
Oil, lbs.	2,757	2,897	2,695	1,549	1,298	4,486,360	3,497,820
Non-Oil, lbs.	796	595	746	1,322	1,131	786,802	844,042
Dry Beans, cwt. 1/	2,023 .0	1,917 .7	1,877 .0	1,586	1,770	3,418	33,230
Cotton, bales 1/	14,855 .0	10,683 .6	13,381 .0	625	608	13,918 .2	16,952 .9
All Hay, tons	-	60,076	63,160	2 .53	2 .52	151,780	159,077
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	23,672	23,985	3 .48	3 .50	82,310	83,924
Other Hay, tons	-	36,404	39,175	1 .91	1 .92	69,470	75,153

1/ Yield in pounds.

Wheat seeded in Kansas in the fall of 1999 for harvest in 2000 totaled 9.8 million acres, down 2 percent from the previous year. This is the lowest planted acreage since 1971, when 9.6 million acres were planted. See table 3 for recent Kansas wheat estimates by district. Seeding began again in early September, primarily in the southern and western districts. Soil moisture was short in a number of areas and some producers opted to wait for moisture before seeding. A third of the crop was planted by the end of the month, ahead of both a year ago and average. Some rain fell statewide the first of October, with heaviest amounts across the eastern third of the State. Seeding proceeded rapidly during the first half of October, with about 90 percent of the crop in by mid-month. Condition was reported at 76 percent good to excellent. Dry weather continued the last half of October and into November, and seeding was virtually complete by the middle of the month. However, condition of the crop had declined to only 45 percent good to excellent and caused some concern as to the crop's ability to survive a hard winter. Mild conditions to date have settled some of these concerns.

Winter wheat seeded in the United States for harvest in 2000 is estimated at 42.9 million acres, down 1 percent from 1999. This will be the lowest planted acreage since 1972. Class breakdowns approximate: hard red winter, 30.3 million acres; soft red winter, 9.2 million; and white winter, 3.4 million.

Table 3-- KANSAS WHEAT ACREAGE PLANTED FALL OF 1999 WITH COMPARISONS
Year	District Totals
	NW	WC	SW	NC	C	SC	NE	EC	SE	STATE
	1,000 Acres
1993	1,300	1,400	1,975	1,500	1,750	2,600	325	325	725	11,900
1994	1,250	1,375	1,900	1,525	1,750	2,600	360	350	590	11,700
1995	1,210	1,405	1,919	1,443	1,781	2,675	325	352	690	11,800
1996	1,218	1,310	1,930	1,455	1,705	2,585	290	300	607	11,400
1997	1,150	1,280	1,750	1,360	1,680	2,420	240	265	555	10,700
1998	1,140	1,230	1,590	1,360	1,490	2,280	200	230	480	10,000
1999	1,090	1,200	1,600	1,340	1,530	2,322	170	157	391	9,800
1999 as % of 1998	96	98	101	99	103	102	85	68	81	98

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions totaled 284.9 million bushels on December 1, 5 percent above last December. Wheat stored at off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 248.9 million bushels, which accounted for 87 percent of the total grain stocks. Wheat stocks in both on-farm and off-farm

positions were at their highest level since December 1991.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 171.6 million bushels, 1 percent below last year's level. Off-farm stocks accounted for 121.6 million bushels and on-farm stocks 50.0 million bushels.

Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 268.1 million bushels, were 5 percent higher than last December. Off-farm stocks were 163.1 million bushels, which accounted for 61 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks at 105.0 million bushels, were unchanged from last December.

Off-farm oat stocks were 853,000 bushels, up 20 percent from last December.

Kansas soybeans in all locations totaled 67.2 million bushels, a 9 percent increase from December 1998. Off- farm stocks, at 47.2 million bushels, were up 21 percent from last year and accounted for 70 percent of the total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks totaled 20.0 million bushels, down 3.0 million bushels from the previous year's stocks.

Table 4-- STOCKS OF GRAIN - DECEMBER 1, 1999, WITH COMPARISONS
Grain	Position	Kansas			United States
		Dec. 1, 1998	Sept. 1, 1999	Dec. 1, 1999	Dec. 1, 1998	Sept. 1, 1999	Dec. 1, 1999
		1,000 Bushels
All Wheat	On Farms	31,000	50,000	36,000	680,200	888,060	648,800
	Off Farms 1/	240,381	344,409	248,868	1,215,481	1,556,983	1,230,184
	TOTAL	271,381	394,409	284,868	1,895,681	2,445,043	1,878,984
Sorghum Grain	On Farms	51,000	6,000	50,000	95,900	13,800	89,300
	Off Farms 1/	122,035	22,732	121,557	239,416	51,363	259,264
	TOTAL	173,035	28,732	171,557	335,316	65,163	348,564
Corn	On Farms	105,000	9,800	105,000	5,320,000	797,000	5,180,000
	Off Farms 1/	149,283	32,488	163,103	2,731,846	989,977	2,839,860
	TOTAL	254,283	42,288	268,103	8,051,846	1,786,977	8,019,860
Oats	On Farms	*	*	*	81,500	97,300	82,100
	Off Farms 1/	710	1,168	853	61,835	51,151	53,973
	TOTAL	*	*	*	143,335	148,451	136,073
Barley	On Farms	*	*	*	149,000	165,100	108,600
	Off Farms 1/	36	*	34	121,535	130,145	119,996
	TOTAL	*	*	*	270,535	295,245	228,596
Soybeans	On Farms	23,000	2,600	20,000	1,187,000	145,000	1,150,000
	Off Farms 1/	38,868	10,557	47,150	999,440	203,482	1,032,192
	TOTAL	61,868	13,157	67,150	2,186,440	348,482	2,182,192
Hay	On Farms 2/	6,500	_	5,800	111,839	_	108,668
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. 2/ 1,000 tons. * Not published to avoid disclosure.

Table 5-- GRAIN STORAGE CAPACITY DECEMBER 1, 1998-99
Position	Kansas		United States
	1998	1999	1998	1999
	1,000 Bushels
On Farm	400,000	400,000	11,130,000	11,150,000
Off Farm	783,650	782,200	8,003,190	8,087,250
Total	1,183,650	1,182,200	19,133,190	19,237,250

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

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