Released: October 12, 2000
Volume 00, No. 10

Kansas corn production is expected to total 416.0 million bushels, 4 percent below the previous forecast and 1 percent below last year's crop. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.25 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but up 9 percent from 1999. Corn yields are expected to average 128 bushels per acre, down 5 bushels from September 1 and 13 bushels below the previous year.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 176.7 million bushels, down 32 percent from last year. Kansas remains first in the nation in sorghum production. Yields are expected to average 57 bushels per acre, 3 bushels below last month and down 19 bushels from last year's yield. Acreage for harvest of grain is 3.1 million acres, down 100,000 acres from September 1 and down 300,000 acres from 1999.

Soybean production is expected to total 59.4 million bushels, 13 percent below September 1 and 27 percent below last year's crop. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.70 million acres, 150,000 acres below September 1 and 100,000 acres below last year. Yields are expected to average 22 bushels per acre, 2 bushels below September 1 and 7 bushels below 1999.

Sunflower production is forecast at 302.5 million pounds, down 25 percent from last year. Harvested acreage, at 275,000, is up 8,000 acres from last year. The yield is expected to average 1,100 pounds per acre, down 28 percent from last year.

All hay production is estimated to total 6.07 million tons, down 16 percent from 1999. Acreage harvested is 2.8 million acres, up 100,000 acres from last year.

Kansas wheat production for 2000 is estimated at 347.8 million bushels, down 4 percent from the August forecast and down 20 percent from 1999. Yield is estimated at 37.0 bushels per acre, down 2 bushel from the August forecast and 10 bushels below the 1999 yield. Acres harvested for grain totaled 9.4 million acres, up 100,000 acres from the previous forecast and 200,000 acres more than the 1999 harvest. A total of 9.8 million acres were planted to wheat for harvest in 2000, down 200,000 acres from the previous year. Oat production is 2.20 million bushels in 2000, down 33 percent from 1999. Final yield is estimated at 44.0 bushels per acre, down 4 bushels from the August forecast and 3 bushels from the 1999 yield. Grain was harvested from 50,000 of the 110,000 acres planted. Barley production totaled 245,000 bushels for 2000, well below the 585,000 bushel crop in 1999. Yields averaged 35.0 bushels per acre, 10 bushels below last year. Grain was harvested from 7,000 of the 8,000 acres planted.

Estimates of Kansas corn, sorghum, and soybean production by district are shown in table 2 on the following page. Wheat county and district data are not included in this report but will be released around the first of December.

Table 1-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1, 2000
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre 2/		Production
	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
	1,000 Acres				Per Unit		(000's)
Winter Wheat, bu.	10,000	9,800	9,200	9,400	47	37	432,400	347,800
Oats, bu.	120	110	70	50	47	44	3,290	2,200
Barley, bu.	16	8	13	7	45	35	585	245
Corn Grain, bu.	3,150	3,400	2,980	3,250	141	128	420,180	416,000
Sorghum Grain, bu.	3,600	3,400	3,400	3,100	76	57	258,400	176,700
Soybeans, bu. 3/	2,850	2,900	2,800	2,700	29	22	81,200	59,400
All Sunflowers, lbs	280	290	267	275	1,520	1,100	405,750	302,500
Dry Beans, cwt. 4/	22 .0	18 .0	20 .9	17 .0	1,850	1,700	387	289
Cotton, 480 lb. Bales 4/ 5/	33 .0	40 .0	28 .0	37 .0	375 .0	525 .0	21 .9	40 .5
All Hay, tons	-	-	2,700	2,800	2 .69	2 .17	7,255	6,070
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	850	850	4 .40	3 .70	3,740	3,145
Other Hay, tons	-	-	1,850	1,950	1 .90	1 .50	3,515	2,925
Pecans, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,000	1,200

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Production divided by harvested acres rounded to whole bushels. 3/ 1999 yield and production revised. 4/ Yield in pounds. 5/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast.

Table 2-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION FORECAST, OCTOBER 1, 2000, BY DISTRICTS
Crop And District	Acres Planted, All Purposes 1/		Acres Harvested for Grain 1/			Yield per Acre		Production
	1999	2000	1999	2000	% Prev. Year	1999	2000	1999	2000	% Prev. Year
	------------ 1,000 Acres ------------					Bushels		1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest	559	566	539	551	102	146	97	78,895	53,350	68
West Central	296	311	274	295	108	133	106	36,400	31,270	86
Southwest	921	983	888	947	107	181	171	160,800	161,550	100
North Central	240	268	225	256	114	115	74	25,795	18,930	73
Central	102	132	88	120	136	126	120	11,125	14,450	130
South Central	332	354	314	338	108	148	152	46,490	51,410	111
Northeast	395	382	374	365	98	98	119	36,685	43,580	119
East Central	210	235	193	220	114	84	100	16,305	22,010	135
Southeast	95	169	85	158	186	90	123	7,685	19,450	253
State	3,150	3,400	2,980	3,250	109	141	128	420,180	416,000	99
SORGHUM GRAIN
Northwest	190	181	175	154	88	94	41	16,450	6,300	38
West Central	375	315	358	281	78	88	52	31,504	14,600	46
Southwest	611	593	571	517	91	67	49	38,257	25,300	66
North Central	567	556	537	490	91	86	41	46,182	20,100	44
Central	580	539	549	509	93	79	58	43,371	29,700	68
South Central	572	575	538	542	101	64	61	34,452	33,300	97
Northeast	215	196	206	187	91	84	82	17,304	15,300	88
East Central	185	136	176	128	73	70	68	12,320	8,700	71
Southeast	305	309	290	292	101	64	80	18,560	23,400	126
State	3,600	3,400	3,400	3,100	91	76	57	258,400	176,700	68
SOYBEANS 2/
Northwest	36	44	36	43	121	49	36	1,750	1,560	89
West Central	23	30	22	29	135	36	32	775	935	121
Southwest	73	102	72	99	138	50	45	3,600	4,420	123
North Central	286	268	280	190	68	36	18	10,000	3,325	33
Central	181	221	175	205	117	37	21	6,400	4,315	67
South Central	282	305	278	301	108	38	31	10,500	9,295	89
Northeast	610	623	603	615	102	31	28	18,900	17,500	93
East Central	683	633	677	608	90	25	15	16,800	9,000	54
Southeast	676	674	658	610	93	19	15	12,475	9,050	73
State	2,850	2,900	2,800	2,700	96	29	22	81,200	59,400	73

1/ Districts may not add to State due to rounding. 2/ 1999 yield and production revised.

Table 3-- UNITED STATES CROP PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1, 2000
Crop & Unit	Planted 1/		Harvested		Yield per Acre		Production
	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000	1999	2000
	1,000 Acres				Per Unit		(000's)
All Wheat, bu.	62,714	62,529	53,823	53,228	42 .7	42 .1	2,299,010	2,239,240
Winter Wheat, bu.	43,331	43,348	35,486	35,022	47 .8	44 .6	1,696,580	1,562,733
Oats, bu.	4,673	4,477	2,453	2,334	59 .6	64 .4	146,193	150,300
Barley, bu.	5,194	5,844	4,734	5,211	59 .2	61 .4	280,292	320,195
Rye, bu. 2/	1,582	1,335	383	302	28 .8	28 .5	11,038	8,619
Corn Grain, bu.	77,431	79,579	70,537	73,009	133 .8	139 .6	9,437,337	10,191,817
Sorghum Grain, bu.	9,288	9,005	8,544	7,665	69 .7	60 .7	595,166	465,348
Soybeans, bu.	73,730	74,501	72,446	73,024	36 .6	38 .7	2,653,758	2,822,821
All Sunflowers, lbs.	3,553	2,866	3,441	2,775	1,262	1,338	4,341,862	3,712,257
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/	2,023 .0	1,740 .9	1,877 .0	1,579 .4	1,770	1,621	33,230	25,603
Cotton, bales	14,873 .5	15,532 .0	13,424 .9	13,544 .0	607	620	16,968 .0	17,485 .1
All Hay, tons	-	-	63,160	61,591	2 .52	2 .48	159,077	152,651
Alfalfa Hay, tons	-	-	23,985	23,317	3 .50	3 .43	83,924	79,971
Other Hay, tons	-	-	39,175	38,274	1 .92	1 .90	75,153	72,680
Pecans, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	406,100 .0	216,100 .0
Apples, lbs.	-	-	-	-	-	-	10,579 .6	10,677 .1

1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Estimates discontinued for Colorado, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, and Virginia beginning in 2000. 3/ Yields in pounds.

Corn grain production is forecast at 10.2 billion bushels, down 2 percent from last month, but up 8 percent from 1999. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 139.6 bushels per acre, down 2.2 bushels from last month, but up 5.8 bushels from a year ago. If realized, this would be the largest production and yield on record. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 73.0 million acres, down 50,000 acres from last month due to extremely dry weather in Colorado.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 465 million bushels, 10 percent lower than the September forecast, and 22 percent below the 1999 total. Area harvested and to be harvested was down 8 percent from September at 7.67 million acres, and down 10 percent from the previous year. Total harvested acres is down 650,000 acres from September. The U.S. yield is forecast at 60.7 bushels per acre, down 1.4 bushels from last month and 9.0 bushels below 1999. Five of the 11 October estimating states lowered yields from the September forecast. Oklahoma showed the largest decrease from September, down 6 bushels per acre. Both Illinois and Louisiana were up 2 bushels and reported record yields. The remaining states reported no change.

Soybean production is forecast at a record high 2.82 billion bushels, down 3 percent from September 1, but 6 percent above 1999. The yield forecast, at 38.7 bushels per acre, decreased 0.8 bushel from last month but is 2.1 bushels above the 1999 final yield. Acreage for harvest is forecast at a record 73.0 million acres, down 1 percent from September 1, but up 1 percent from 1999. Acres expected for harvest were decreased by 450,000 acres in eight states, due to abandonment or harvested for hay. Downward adjustments to harvested acres were made in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions on September 1 totaled 384.5 million bushels, 3 percent less than last year's total. This is the second highest September Kansas wheat stocks level since 1990. Wheat stored in off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 341.5 million bushels, a decrease of 1 percent from a year ago. Wheat stored off the farm accounted for 89 percent of all wheat stocks. Wheat in farm storage totaled 43.0 million bushels, down 14 percent from last September.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 34.9 million bushels, up from 28.7 million bushels last year and the 27.9 million bushels on hand September 1 two years ago. Off-farm holdings of 28.9 million bushels were up from 22.7 million bushels last year. Sorghum grain stored off the farm accounted for 83 percent of the total sorghum stocks. On-farm

stocks of 6.0 million bushels were unchanged from a year ago.

Corn stocks in all locations, at 53.0 million bushels, were up 25 percent from a year ago. Off-farm corn stocks of 45.5 million bushels increased from 32.5 million bushels last year and accounted for 86 percent of total corn stocks. On-farm stocks of 7.5 million bushels were 23 percent below last September.

Kansas soybeans stored in all positions totaled 9.9 million bushels, down 3.3 million bushels from last year. Off-farm locations held 7.9 million bushels, down 2.7 million bushels from last year, and accounted for 80 percent of total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks of 2.0 million bushels are 600,000 bushels below last year.

Oats stored at off-farm locations totaled 0.7 million bushels.

Table 4-- STOCKS OF GRAIN , SEPTEMBER 1, 2000, WITH COMPARISONS
Grain	Position	Kansas			United States
		Sept. 1, 1999	June 1, 2000	Sept. 1, 2000	Sept. 1, 1999	June 1, 2000	Sept. 1, 2000
		1,000 Bushels
All Wheat	On Farms	50,000	7,000	43,000	888,060	226,780	822,690
	Off Farms 1/	344,409	161,899	341,526	1,556,983	722,968	1,542,929
	TOTAL	394,409	168,899	384,526	2,445,043	949,748	2,365,619
Sorghum Grain	On Farms	6,000	13,000	6,000	13,800	27,300	12,200
	Off Farms 1/	22,732	39,160	28,900	51,363	99,606	53,173
	TOTAL	28,732	52,160	34,900	65,163	126,906	65,373
Corn	On Farms	9,800	33,000	7,500	797,000	2,029,800	793,000
	Off Farms 1/	32,488	74,059	45,512	989,977	1,556,138	922,195
	TOTAL	42,288	107,059	53,012	1,786,977	3,585,938	1,715,195
Oats	On Farms	2/	2/	2/	97,300	36,000	101,900
	Off Farms 1/	1,168	624	666	51,151	40,031	49,157
	TOTAL	2/	2/	2/	148,451	76,031	151,057
Barley	On Farms	2/	2/	2/	165,100	25,400	151,700
	Off Farms 1/	2/	25	27	130,145	85,924	142,151
	TOTAL	2/	2/	2/	295,245	111,324	293,851
Soybeans	On Farms	2,600	7,000	2,000	145,000	370,000	112,500
	Off Farms 1/	10,557	19,054	7,891	203,482	404,425	175,178
	TOTAL	13,157	26,054	9,891	348,482	774,425	287,678
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. 2/ No estimate available.

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

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