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

Released: November 9, 2001
Volume 01, No. 11

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CROP
PRODUCTION

Kansas corn production is forecast at 409.2 million bushels, unchanged from the previous forecast but 2 percent below last year's crop (see table 1). Yields are expected to average 132 bushels per acre, unchanged from the previous forecast but 2 bushels above last year's yield. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.10 million, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 100,000 acres from 2000.

Sorghum grain production is expected to total 232.5 million bushels, unchanged from the October forecast but up 23 percent from last year. Yields are forecast to average 62 bushels per acre, unchanged from October 1 but up 3 bushels from last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 3.75 million, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 550,000 acres from 2000.

The soybean crop is expected to total 92.8 million bushels, 7 percent above October 1 and 86 percent above last year's crop. Yields are expected to average 32 bushels per acre, up 2 bushels from last month and 12 bushels above last year's yield. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.90 million, unchanged from the previous month but up 400,000 acres from 2000.

Table 1-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 1/
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 2/ Harvested Yield per Acre Production
2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
1,000 Acres Per Unit (000's)
Winter Wheat, bu. 9,800 9,800 9,400 8,200 37 40 347,800 328,000
Oats, bu. 110 100 50 40 44 53 2,200 2,120
Barley, bu. 8 9 7 8 35 50 245 400
Corn Grain, bu. 3,450 3,300 3,200 3,100 130 132 416,000 409,200
Sorghum Grain, bu. 3,500 4,000 3,200 3,750 59 62 188,800 232,500
Soybeans, bu. 2,950 3,000 2,500 2,900 20 32 50,000 92,800
All Sunflowers, lbs 3/ 250 330 229 318 1,183 1,280 271,000 407,040
Dry Beans, cwt. 4/ 18 .0 15 .0 16 .0 14 .0 1,810 1,850 289 259
Cotton, 480 lb. Bales 4/ 40 .0 44 .0 37 .0 37 .0 288 .0 272 .0 22 .2 21 .0
All Hay, tons - - 2,800 3,300 2 .34 2 .29 6,540 7,560
    Alfalfa Hay, tons - - 900 950 4 .10 4 .00 3,690 3,800
    Other Hay, tons - - 1,900 2,350 1 .50 1 .60 2,850 3,760
1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. 2/ Planted for all purposes.
3/ 2000 revised. 4/ Yield in pounds.

RECORD U.S. SOYBEAN CROP FORECAST

Corn for grain production is forecast at 9.55 billion bushels, up 1 percent from last month but down 4 percent from 2000. Based on conditions as of November 1, yields are expected to average 138.0 bushels per acre, up 1.7 bushels from last October. If realized, this would be the fourth largest production and the second highest yield on record. Acreage harvested and to be harvested for grain is forecast at 69.2 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 5 percent from 2000. The November 1 Corn objective yield data indicate the second highest recorded ear counts per acre for the combined seven objective yield states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin).

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 537 million bushels, up slightly from 2000. Based on November 1 conditions, the sorghum yield forecast, at 61.2 bushels per acre, is up 0.2 bushel from October and up 0.3 bushel from last year. The forecast area to be harvested for grain, at 8.78 million acres, is unchanged from

last month but 14 percent higher than 2000.

Soybean production is forecast at a record high 2.92 billion bushels, up 1 percent from October 1 and 6 percent above 2000. Based on November 1 conditions, yields are expected to average 39.4 bushels per acre, up 0.2 bushel from last month and 1.3 bushels above 2000. Growers expect to harvest 74.1 million acres of soybeans, unchanged from the October forecast but 2 percent above the final 2000 harvested acreage.

Table 2-- UNITED STATES CROP PRODUCTION, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 1/
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 2/ Harvested Yield per Acre Production
2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
1,000 Acres Per Unit (000's)
All Wheat, bu. 62,629 59,617 53,133 48,653 42 .0 40 .2 2,232,460 1,957,643
Winter Wheat, bu. 43,393 41,078 35,072 31,295 44 .7 43 .5 1,566,023 1,361,479
Oats, bu. 4,477 4,403 2,329 1,905 64 .2 61 .3 149,545 116,856
Barley, bu. 5,864 4,967 5,213 4,289 61 .1 58 .2 318,728 249,590
Rye, bu. 1,329 1,328 296 255 28 .3 27 .3 8,386 6,971
Corn Grain, bu. 79,545 76,009 72,732 69,191 137 .1 138 .0 9,968,358 9,545,513
Sorghum Grain, bu. 9,195 10,047 7,723 8,777 60 .9 61 .2 470,070 536,755
Soybeans, bu. 74,266 75,216 72,408 74,137 38 .1 39 .4 2,757,810 2,922,914
All Sunflowers, lbs. 2,840 2,750 2,647 2,660 1,339 1,318 3,544,428 3,506,180
Dry Beans, cwt. 3/ 1,756 .2 1,431 .9 1,606 .4 1,317 .3 1,646 1,472 26,440 19,396
Cotton, 480 lb. Bales 3/ 15,517 .2 16,194 .0 13,053 .0 14,139 .5 632 685 17,188 .3 20,175 .0
All Hay, tons - - 59,854 63,833 2 .54 2 .54 152,183 162,303
    Alfalfa Hay, tons - - 23,077 23,750 3 .48 3 .44 80,347 81,628
    Other Hay, tons - - 36,777 40,083 1 .95 2 .01 71,836 80,675
1/ Data are the latest estimates available, either from the current report or from previous reports. 2/ Planted for all purposes.
3/ Yield in pounds.


Table 3-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION FORECAST, NOVEMBER 1, 2001, BY DISTRICTS
Crop And District Acres Planted,
All Purposes 		Acres Harvested
for Grain 		Yield
per Acre 1/ 		Production
2000 2001 2000 2001 % Prev.
Year 		2000 2001 2000 2001 % Prev.
Year
------------ 1,000 Acres ------------ Bushels 1,000 Bushels
CORN
Northwest 621 560 562 535 95 104 117 58,695 62,570 107
West Central 315 260 286 235 82 97 100 27,605 23,430 85
Southwest 931 810 899 780 87 176 174 158,310 135,360 86
North Central 248 230 215 209 97 89 127 19,150 26,510 138
Central 128 140 112 126 113 114 76 12,730 9,550 75
South Central 384 410 357 385 108 146 144 52,195 55,560 106
Northeast 432 480 409 455 111 125 131 51,215 59,410 116
East Central 246 250 225 229 102 94 99 21,055 22,610 107
Southeast 145 160 135 146 108 111 97 15,045 14,200 94
    State 3,450 3,300 3,200 3,100 97 130 132 416,000 409,200 98
SORGHUM, GRAIN
Northwest 180 210 152 191 126 49 71 7,378 13,600 184
West Central 364 575 321 541 169 58 64 18,577 34,450 185
Southwest 557 680 523 644 123 51 50 26,546 31,950 120
North Central 609 610 529 565 107 46 76 24,219 43,200 178
Central 562 575 527 532 101 62 65 32,665 34,450 105
South Central 598 695 550 657 120 60 40 32,937 26,000 79
Northeast 194 195 185 185 100 87 94 16,016 17,400 109
East Central 157 160 144 151 105 65 83 9,288 12,600 136
Southeast 279 300 269 284 106 79 66 21,174 18,850 89
    State 3,500 4,000 3,200 3,750 117 59 62 188,800 232,500 123
SOYBEANS
Northwest 53 60 48 58 121 35 47 1,663 2,700 162
West Central 25 25 24 24 100 26 33 634 800 126
Southwest 89 100 87 98 113 45 48 3,928 4,700 120
North Central 321 340 270 328 122 18 35 4,894 11,500 235
Central 213 225 186 217 117 21 28 3,840 6,100 159
South Central 293 295 257 285 111 34 38 8,779 10,900 124
Northeast 629 680 609 665 109 22 38 13,616 25,000 184
East Central 670 650 541 630 117 12 29 6,395 18,100 283
Southeast 657 625 478 595 125 13 22 6,251 13,000 208
    State 2,950 3,000 2,500 2,900 116 20 32 50,000 92,800 186
1/ Production divided by harvested acres rounded to whole bushels.


Dave Ranek & Mike Miller, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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