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

Released: October 12, 2001
Volume 01, No. 10

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IN THIS
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CROP
PRODUCTION

GRAIN
STOCKS


KANSAS CORN YIELD FORECAST RAISED

Kansas corn production is expected to total 409.2 million bushels, 4 percent above the previous forecast but 2 percent below last year's crop. Acreage harvested for grain, at 3.10 million acres, is unchanged from the previous forecast but down 3 percent from 2000. Corn yields are expected to average 132 bushels per acre, up 5 bushels from September 1 and 2 bushels above the previous year.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 232.5 million bushels, up 23 percent from last year. Kansas remains first in the nation in sorghum production. Yields are expected to average 62 bushels per acre, unchanged from last month but up 3 bushels from last year's yield. Acreage for harvest as grain is 3.75 million acres, unchanged from September 1 but up 550,000 acres from 2000.

Soybean production in Kansas is expected to total 87.0 million bushels, unchanged from September 1 but 74 percent above last year's crop. Acreage for harvest is expected to total 2.90 million acres, unchanged from September 1 but 400,000 acres above last year. Yields are expected to average 30 bushels per acre, unchanged from September 1 but 10 bushels above 2000.

Kansas sunflower production is forecast at 407.0 million pounds, up 50 percent from last year. Harvested acreage, at 318,000, is up 89,000 acres from last year. If realized, both harvested acres and production will be record highs. The yield is expected to average 1,280 pounds per acre, up 8 percent from last year.

All hay production is estimated to total 7.56 million tons, up 16 percent from 2000. Kansas acreage harvested is 3.3 million acres, up 500,000 acres from last year.

Kansas wheat production for 2001 is estimated at 328.0 million bushels, down 6 percent from 2000. Yield is estimated at 40.0 bushels per acre, 3 bushels above the 2000 yield. Acres harvested for grain totaled 8.2 million acres, 1.2 million acres less than the 2000 harvest. A total of 9.8 million acres were planted to wheat for harvest in 2001, unchanged from the previous year. Oat production is 2.12 million bushels in 2001, down 4 percent from 2000. Final yield is estimated at 53.0 bushels per acre, 9 bushels higher than the 2000 yield. Grain was harvested from 40,000 of the 100,000 acres planted. Barley production totaled 400,000 bushels for 2001, up 155,000 bushels from the 2000 crop. Yields averaged 50.0 bushels per acre, 15 bushels above last year. Grain was harvested from 8,000 of the 9,000 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 in early 2002.

Table 1-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1, 2001
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 1/ Harvested Yield per Acre 2/ 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 30 50,000 87,000
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/ 5/ 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
Pecans, lbs. - - - - - - 550 2,600
1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Production divided by harvested acres rounded to whole bushels. 3/ 2000 revised. 4/ Yield in pounds. 5/ Estimate carried forward from earlier forecast.

Table 2-- KANSAS CROP PRODUCTION FORECAST, OCTOBER 1, 2001, BY DISTRICTS
Crop And District Acres Planted,
All Purposes 		Acres Harvested
for Grain 		Yield
per Acre 		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 95 104 120 58,695 64,370 110
West Central 315 260 286 235 82 97 96 27,605 22,480 81
Southwest 931 810 899 780 87 176 167 158,310 130,610 83
North Central 248 230 215 209 97 89 129 19,150 27,010 141
Central 128 140 112 126 113 114 88 12,730 11,050 87
South Central 384 410 357 385 108 146 143 52,195 55,210 106
Northeast 432 480 409 455 111 125 133 51,215 60,710 119
East Central 246 250 225 229 102 94 101 21,055 23,110 110
Southeast 145 160 135 146 108 111 100 15,045 14,650 97
    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 65 7,378 12,350 167
West Central 364 575 321 541 169 58 68 18,577 36,900 199
Southwest 557 680 523 644 123 51 50 26,546 32,450 122
North Central 609 610 529 565 107 46 76 24,219 42,750 177
Central 562 575 527 532 101 62 63 32,665 33,300 102
South Central 598 695 550 657 120 60 42 32,937 27,300 83
Northeast 194 195 185 185 100 87 92 16,016 17,100 107
East Central 157 160 144 151 105 65 81 9,288 12,300 132
Southeast 279 300 269 284 106 79 64 21,174 18,050 85
    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 45 1,663 2,600 156
West Central 25 25 24 24 100 26 28 634 670 106
Southwest 89 100 87 98 113 45 45 3,928 4,410 112
North Central 321 340 270 328 122 18 32 4,894 10,490 214
Central 213 225 186 217 117 21 26 3,840 5,640 147
South Central 293 295 257 285 111 34 35 8,779 9,970 114
Northeast 629 680 609 665 109 22 36 13,616 23,940 176
East Central 670 650 541 630 117 12 26 6,395 16,380 256
Southeast 657 625 478 595 125 13 22 6,251 12,900 206
    State 2,950 3,000 2,500 2,900 116 20 30 50,000 87,000 174

Table 3-- UNITED STATES CROP PRODUCTION, OCTOBER 1, 2001
Crop &
Unit 		Planted 1/ 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 .1 136 .3 9,968,358 9,429,543
Sorghum Grain, bu. 9,195 10,047 7,723 8,777 60 .9 61 .0 470,070 535,795
Soybeans, bu. 74,266 75,216 72,408 74,137 38 .1 39 .2 2,757,810 2,907,042
All Sunflowers, lbs. 2,840 2,750 2,647 2,660 1,139 1,318 3,544,428 3,506,180
Dry Beans, cwt. 2/ 1,756 .2 1,431 .9 1,606 .4 1,317 .3 1,646 1,472 26,440 19,396
Cotton, bales 15,347 .0 15,959 .0 12,884 .0 13,899 .0 632 681 17,188 .3 20,072 .0
All Hay, tons - - 59,854 63,833 2 .54 2 .48 152,183 158,241
    Alfalfa Hay, tons - - 23,077 23,750 3 .48 3 .38 80,347 80,166
    Other Hay, tons - - 36,777 40,073 1 .95 1 .95 71,836 78,075
Pecans, lbs. - - - - - - 209,850 .0 355,300 .0
Apples, lbs. - - - - - - 10,648 .7 9,560 .4
1/ Planted for all purposes. 2/ Yields in pounds.

U.S. CROP PRODUCTION

Corn grain production is forecast at 9.43 billion bushels, up 2 percent from last month, but down 5 percent from 2000. Based on conditions as of October 1, yields are expected to average 136.3 bushels per acre, up 2.8 bushels from last month. If realized, this would be the lowest production since 1997 but the third highest yield on record. Acreage for harvest is estimated at 69.2 million acres, unchanged from last month but down 5 percent from 2000.

Sorghum grain production is forecast at 536 million bushels, down slightly from September but up 14 percent from 2000. Area harvested and to be harvested, at 8.78 million acres, is unchanged from last month but 14 percent higher than 2000. The U.S. yield is forecast at 61.0 bushels per acre, down 0.2 bushel from last month but up 0.1 bushel from last year. Yield forecasts from September remained unchanged for Kansas and Texas, which account for 70 percent of the U.S. production.

Soybean production is forecast at a record high 2.91 billion bushels, up 3 percent from September 1 and 5 percent above 2000. The yield forecast, at 39.2 bushels per acre, up 1.0 bushel from last month and 1.1 bushels above 2000. Forecasted yields are up in the Ohio Valley and Mississippi Valley, as September weather provided excellent conditions for crop development. Acreage for harvest is estimated at a record high 74.1 million acres, unchanged from September 1, but up 2 percent from 2000.

GRAIN STOCKS

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions on September 1 totaled 377.3 million bushels, 2 percent less than last year's total. Wheat stored in off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 332.3 million bushels, a decrease of 3 percent from a year ago. Wheat stored off the farm accounted for 88 percent of all wheat stocks. Wheat in farm storage totaled 45.0 million bushels, up 5 percent from last September.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 22.9 million bushels, down from 34.9 million bushels last year. Off-farm holdings of 18.9 million bushels were down from 28.9 million bushels last year. Sorghum grain stored off the farm accounted for 83 percent of the total sorghum stocks. On-farm stocks of 4.0 million bushels were down from a year ago.

Corn stocks in all locations, at 48.7 million bushels, were down 8 percent from a year ago. Off-farm corn stocks of 37.7 million bushels decreased from 45.5 million bushels last year and accounted for 77 percent of total corn stocks. On-farm stocks of 11.0 million bushels were 47 percent above last September.

Kansas soybeans stored in all positions totaled 7.4 million bushels, down 2.5 million bushels from last year. Off-farm locations held 5.8 million bushels, down 2.1 million bushels from last year, and accounted for 78 percent of total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks of 1.6 million bushels are 400,000 bushels below last year.

Oats stored at off-farm locations totaled 0.6 million bushels.

Barley stored at off-farm locations totaled 132,000 bushels.


Table 4-- STOCKS OF GRAIN , SEPTEMBER 1, 2001, WITH COMPARISONS
Grain Position Kansas United States
Sept. 1,
2000 		June 1,
2001 		Sept. 1,
2001 		Sept. 1,
2000 		June 1,
2001 		Sept. 1,
2001
1,000 Bushels
All Wheat On Farms 43,000 8,000 45,000 808,390 197,270 696,850
Off Farms 1/ 341,526 148,190 332,309 1,544,280 678,912 1,458,613
    TOTAL 384,526 156,190 377,309 2,352,670 876,182 2,155,463
Sorghum Grain On Farms 6,000 8,000 4,000 12,200 19,000 8,900
Off Farms 1/ 28,900 27,140 18,882 53,175 57,411 32,851
    TOTAL 34,900 35,140 22,882 65,375 76,411 41,751
Corn On Farms 7,500 33,000 11,000 793,000 2,230,800 753,150
Off Farms 1/ 45,512 77,676 37,703 924,549 1,693,158 1,145,557
    TOTAL 53,012 110,676 48,703 1,717,549 3,923,958 1,898,707
Oats On Farms 2/ 2/ 2/ 101,200 32,050 74,800
Off Farms 1/ 666 388 597 49,177 40,677 40,923
    TOTAL 2/ 2/ 2/ 150,377 72,727 115,723
Barley On Farms 2/ 2/ 2/ 151,700 28,850 134,800
Off Farms 1/ 27 16 132 142,341 77,409 110,554
    TOTAL 2/ 2/ 2/ 294,041 106,259 245,354
Soybeans On Farms 2,000 5,000 1,600 112,500 365,000 83,500
Off Farms 1/ 7,891 13,055 5,809 177,662 343,180 164,433
    TOTAL 9,891 18,055 7,409 290,162 708,180 247,933
1/ Includes stocks at mills, elevators, warehouses, terminals, & processors. 2/ No estimate available.

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

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