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

Released: June 12, 2001
Volume 01, No. 6


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INCLUDED
IN THIS
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WHEAT
PRODUCTION


WHEAT PRODUCTION UNCHANGED FROM MAY FORECAST

The 2001 Kansas wheat crop is forecast at 285.6 million bushels as of June 1, 2001, (see table 1). The current estimate is unchanged from the May 1 estimate but down 18 percent from the 2000 crop. The current crop will be harvested from 8.4 million acres, down 1 million acres from a year ago. Yield per harvested acre is expected to average 34.0 bushels, unchanged from the May forecast but 3.0 bushels below the 2000 final yield. As of June 3, wheat condition is rated 4 percent excellent, 23 percent good, 40 percent fair, 22 percent poor, and 11 percent very poor. Wheat heading is virtually complete, and 34 percent of the acreage has begun to turn color. This is behind the 81 percent in 2000 and the average of 49 percent. Two percent of the acreage is ripe. Temperatures were moderate during May and the State received wide-spread scattered showers throughout the month.

Table 1-- KANSAS WHEAT PRODUCTION, JUNE 1, 2001
District Acres Planted Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Production
2000 2001 2000 2001 % of
Prev. Yr 		2000 2001 2000 2001 % of
Prev. Yr
WINTER WHEAT - - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - Percent Bushels 1,000 Bushels Percent
Northwest 1,090 1,000 1,055 830 79 32 32 34,110 26,800 79
West Central 1,200 1,130 1,160 730 63 33 30 38,420 21,600 56
Southwest 1,530 1,540 1,450 1,255 87 36 31 52,430 39,500 75
North Central 1,290 1,380 1,225 1,175 96 39 35 47,345 41,400 87
Central 1,560 1,630 1,510 1,505 100 40 37 60,480 55,100 91
South Central 2,210 2,250 2,120 1,990 94 37 33 79,000 65,600 83
Northeast 200 230 187 210 112 44 37 8,265 7,700 93
East Central 210 240 198 225 114 40 42 8,000 9,500 119
Southeast 510 500 495 480 97 40 38 19,750 18,400 93
    State 9,800 9,900 9,400 8,400 89 37 34 347,800 285,600 82

U.S. WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION DOWN 15 PERCENT

Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.32 billion bushels, down 2 percent from the May 1 forecast and 15 percent below 2000 (see table 2) to the lowest level since 1978. Based on June 1 conditions, the U.S. yield is forecast at 41.2 bushels per acre, down 0.6 bushel from the last forecast. Grain area totals 32.1 million acres, unchanged from May 1. Hard Red production is down slightly from a month ago to 717 million bushels. White Winter is down 3 percent from last month. Soft Red is down 3 percent from the last forecast and now totals 396 million bushels.

Forecasted head counts from the Objective Yield surveys in the six Hard Red Winter states (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) are well below last year's final counts. Indicated average head weights are above last year's level. Kansas received wide-spread showers throughout May. The month of May brought seasonal temperatures and above average moisture to Colorado, conditions that were favorable for a crop that began the growing season with mediocre to poor stands. The crop continues to progress in mostly fair to good condition, but is still about a week behind the usual pace. The Montana crop condition plummeted during May due to damaging winds and dry soil. As of June 3rd, 77 percent of the Montana crop was rated poor to very poor. Crop conditions remained stable in Nebraska during May, where plant development is slightly behind. Harvest began in late May in Oklahoma, but extremely heavy rainfall over Memorial Day weekend limited harvest progress. As of June 3rd, 26 percent of the Texas crop had been harvested. The remaining wheat was rated mainly fair to good.


Table 2-- WINTER WHEAT, KANSAS AND SELECTED STATES, JUNE 1, 2001
State Acreage Yield Per Acre Production
Harvested
2000 		For Harvest
2001 		% of
Prev. Yr. 		2000 2001 2000 2001 % of
Prev. Yr.
1,000 Acres Percent Bushels 1,000 Bushels Percent
KANSAS 9,400 8,400 89 37 .0 34 .0 347,800 285,600 82
Washington 1,800 1,750 97 73 .0 63 .0 131,400 110,250 84
Oklahoma 4,200 3,600 86 34 .0 27 .0 142,800 97,200 68
Texas 2,200 2,900 132 30 .0 32 .0 66,000 92,800 141
Colorado 2,350 2,050 87 29 .0 34 .0 68,150 69,700 102
Ohio 1,110 990 89 72 .0 65 .0 79,920 64,350 81
Nebraska 1,650 1,700 103 36 .0 36 .0 59,400 61,200 103
Idaho 730 710 97 90 .0 77 .0 65,700 54,670 83
Arkansas 1,100 1,040 95 54 .0 51 .0 59,400 53,040 89
Illinois 920 770 84 57 .0 54 .0 52,440 41,580 79
United States 35,022 32,088 92 44 .6 41 .2 1,562,733 1,321,126 85
1/ Selected states based on top 10 states according to production of winter wheat.

Dave Ranek & Quentin Wearne, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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