Released: April 4, 2001
Volume 01, No. 4

Sorghum producers intend to plant 3.60 million acres, up 3 percent from a year ago. Planting intentions for corn totaled 3.40 million acres, down 1 percent from the 2000 acreage. Acres of soybeans to be planted are expected to total 3.00 million acres, up 2 percent from last year.

Oat seeding intentions at 100,000 acres are down 9 percent from 2000. Barley seedings are expected to total 5,000 acres, down from the 8,000 acres planted in 2000.

Sunflower producers intend to plant, 320,000 acres in 2001 up 45 percent from last year. Dry beans are expected to be planted on 15,000 acres, which is down 17 percent from the previous year. The all hay harvested acreage is projected to total 2.90 million acres this year. This would be up 4 percent from 2000. Cotton is expected to be planted on 44,000 acres, up 4,000 acres from last year.

Table 1-- PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS - MARCH 1, 2001
Crop	Acreage Planted or to be Planted
	Kansas			United States
	2000	Prospective 2001	2001 as % of 2000	2000	Prospective 2001	2001 as % of 2000
	1,000 Acres		Percent	1,000 Acres		Percent
Wheat, All	9,800	9,900	101	62,529	60,299	96
Winter	9,800	9,900	101	43,348	41,336	95
Durum	-	-	-	3,937	3,462	88
Other Spring	-	-	-	15,244	15,501	102
Sorghum, All	3,500	3,600	103	9,195	9,368	102
Corn, All	3,450	3,400	99	79,545	76,693	96
Soybeans	2,950	3,000	102	74,496	76,657	103
Oats	110	100	91	4,477	4,425	99
Barley	8	5	63	5,844	5,321	91
Hay, All 1/	2,800	2,900	104	59,854	63,771	107
Sunflowers, All	220	320	145	2,792	2,732	98
Beans, Dry Edible	18 .0	15 .0	83	1,756 .2	1,452 .9	83
Cotton	40 .0	44 .0	110	15,536 .5	15,614 .0	100
1/ Acreage for harvest.

Soybean producers intend to plant 76.7 million acres in 2001, up 3 percent from last year. If realized, this will be the largest planted area for soybeans on record.

Sorghum plantings are expected to total 9.37 million acres, up 2 percent from last year.

The 2001 all wheat planted area is expected to total 60.3 million acres. This is down 4 percent from 2000 and the lowest level since 1973. Area planted to Durum wheat is intended to decrease to 3.46 million acres, down 12 percent from 2000. The 2001 other spring wheat planted acreage is estimated at 15.5 million acres, up 2 percent from last year. Of the total 14.6 million acres are Hard Red Spring wheat.

All cotton plantings for 2001 are expected to total 15.6 million acres, up less than 1 percent from last year. If realized, this would be the largest acreage since 1995 and the second largest since 1962. Low cotton prices and high energy costs have limited any significant increase in planting intentions. Upland acreage is expected to total 15.4 million acres, 29,000 acres above 2000. Growers intend to plant 220,000 acres of American-Pima cotton, up 28 percent from last year.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 80.8 million bushels, down 37 percent from December 2000 and 22 percent below a year ago. Off-farm stocks accounted for 61.8 million bushels and on-farm stocks 19.0 million bushels.

Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 188.7 million bushels, were down 29 percent from December but 3 percent above last March's stocks. Off-farm stocks were 128.7 million bushels, which accounted for 68 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks, at 60.0 million bushels, were up slightly from the 2000 March stocks.

Off-farm oat stocks totaled 439,000 bushels, down 19 percent from December and 28 percent below March 2000. On- farm stocks are no longer published separately for Kansas.

Kansas soybeans in all locations totaled 35.3 million bushels, down 27 percent from December and 21 percent below the 2000 March stocks. Off-farm stocks, at 26.3 million bushels, were down 11 percent from last year and accounted for 75 percent of the total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks, at 9.0 million bushels, were down 40 percent from last year.

Table 2-- STOCKS OF GRAIN - MARCH 1, 2001, WITH COMPARISONS
Grain	Position	Kansas			United States
		Mar. 1, 2000	Dec. 1, 2000	Mar. 1, 2001	Mar. 1, 2000	Dec. 1, 2000	Mar. 1, 2001
		1,000 Bushels
All Wheat	On Farms	25,000	30,000	21,000	424,680	623,420	389,750
	Off Farms 1/	205,645	244,900	194,935	991,841	1,181,666	949,824
	TOTAL	230,645	274,900	215,935	1,416,521	1,805,086	1,339,574
Sorghum Grain	On Farms	30,000	35,000	19,000	51,700	74,300	40,100
	Off Farms 1/	73,309	93,852	61,794	173,932	186,736	125,211
	TOTAL	103,309	128,852	80,794	225,632	261,036	165,311
Corn	On Farms	59,000	100,000	60,000	3,300,000	5,550,000	3,600,000
	Off Farms 1/	123,755	164,816	128,675	2,301,895	2,972,178	2,437,353
	TOTAL	182,755	264,816	188,675	5,601,895	8,522,178	6,037,353
Oats	On Farms	*	*	*	53,300	86,900	55,800
	Off Farms 1/	613	540	439	48,500	57,209	46,319
	TOTAL	*	*	*	101,800	144,109	102,119
Barley	On Farms	*	*	*	59,300	111,500	58,600
	Off Farms 1/	*	24	18	110,917	117,369	103,421
	TOTAL	*	*	*	170,217	228,869	162,021
Soybeans	On Farms	15,000	13,000	9,000	730,000	1,217,000	780,000
	Off Farms 1/	29,496	35,030	26,272	665,986	1,022,791	624,821
	TOTAL	44,496	48,030	35,272	1,395,986	2,239,791	1,404,821
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. * On-farm stocks are no longer published separately for Kansas.

Doug Hartwig and Quentin Wearne, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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