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CROPS

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

Released: February 15, 2001
Volume 01 No. 2

            
IN THIS ISSUE:    PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS
            



PRICES AND VALUE OF CROPS 1/
Crop and Unit Price Per Unit Value of Production
1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000

KANSAS
Dollars
1,000 Dollars
    Winter Wheat, Bu. 2 .53 2 .25 2 .70 1,252,097 972,900 939,060
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 1 .60 1 .48 1 .75 422,400 382,432 330,400
    Corn Grain, Bu. 1 .96 1 .81 2 .05 821,142 760,526 852,800
    Soybeans, Bu. 4 .98 4 .53 4 .75 373,500 367,836 237,500
    Oats, Bu. 1 .56 1 .30 1 .40 4,212 4,277 3,080
    Barley, Bu. 2 .10 1 .60 1 .65 588 936 404
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 11 .10 6 .72 5 .95 26,621 26,718 14,409
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 14 .70 14 .10 14 .00 5,586 5,457 4,046
    Apples, Lbs. 0 .256 0 .277 0 .268 230 1,442 349
    Pecans, Lbs. 0 .880 0 .680 1 .300 44 3,400 520
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 72 .50 65 .00 78 .50 555,860 452,060 474,165
    Cotton, Lbs. 0 .561 0 .382 0 .560 3,743 4,016 6,182
    Total, Above Crops -- -- -- 3,466,023 2,982,000 2,862,915
UNITED STATES
    All Wheat, Bu. 2 .65 2 .48 2 .65 6,780,623 5,593,989 5,970,197
    Sorghum Grain, Bu. 1 .66 1 .57 1 .75 905,468 937,406 822,598
    Corn Grain, Bu. 1 .94 1 .82 1 .85 18,922,084 17,103,991 18,621,160
    Soybeans, Bu. 4 .93 4 .63 4 .75 13,493,891 12,205,352 13,073,497
    Oats, Bu. 1 .10 1 .10 1 .05 199,748 169,576 164,555
    Barley, Bu. 1 .98 2 .13 2 .15 686,517 597,038 632,098
    All Sunflowers, Cwt. 10 .60 7 .53 6 .45 536,971 339,993 241,419
    Dry Edible Beans, Cwt. 19 .00 16 .40 15 .30 567,243 547,636 422,565
    Apples, Lbs. 0 .122 0 .148 0 .150 1,316,172 1,549,815 1,553,536
    Pecans, Lbs. 1 .210 0 .814 1 .110 177,452 330,398 233,787
    All Hay, Tons 2/ 84 .60 76 .90 83 .00 11,606,734 11,014,373 11,179,702
    All Cotton, Lbs. 0 .617 0 .468 0 .578 4,119,911 3,809,560 4,780,703
    Total (Incl Crops Not Listed) -- -- - 91,085,001 85,343,667 90,048,124
1/    Preliminary marketing year average price estimates for 2000. 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.

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

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