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

Released: December 10, 2002
Volume 02, No. 12

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INCLUDED
IN THIS
ISSUE

DRY BEAN PRODUCTION

FARM
MARKETINGS

KANSAS DRY BEAN PRODUCTION DOWN

Kansas dry bean production is estimated at 160,000 hundredweight (cwt.), down 38 percent from the 2001 crop. Yield is estimated at 1,100 pounds per acre, 750 pounds below the 1,850 pounds produced per acre last year. Harvested acres, at 14,500, are up 500 acres from the 14,000 acres harvested in 2001.

The primary varieties grown in Kansas are Pinto and Light Red Kidney.

United States production of dry beans is estimated at 30.2 million cwt. for 2002, up 9 percent from the October forecast and 54 percent above 2001. This increase is a rebound from last year's drought reduced production in eastern and central states. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.74 million acres, 3 percent above the previous estimate and 39 percent above a year ago. The average yield, estimated at 1,733 pounds per acre, climbed 101 pounds above the October forecast and is 164 pounds greater than a year ago.

KANSAS DRY BEAN PRODUCTION, DECEMBER 1, 2002
Class
Planted Harvested Yield Per Acre Production
2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002
1,000 Acres
Pounds 1,000 Cwt.
All Dry Beans 1/
 15.0 18.0 14 .0 14.5 1,850 1,100 259.0 159.6
1/ Varieties not broken out due to confidentiality.

KANSAS FARM MARKETINGS

The following tables of Farm Marketings represent the percent of new crop sales taking place each month. Wheat marketings generally begin in June and run through the following May. Row crop sales run from September to August. Comparison to the 5-year average can indicate whether the crop sales were influenced by prices, exports, or other demands.

FARM MARKETINGS OF KANSAS WHEAT, 2001-2002 & 5-YEAR AVERAGE 1/
PERCENT OF SALES BY MONTHS
Marketing
Year 		June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May
Wheat
PERCENT
2001-2002
 13 26 7 3 7 4 10 9 7 4 6 4
5-Year Average
 		9 31 10 7 5 4 7 8 5 6 4 5
1/ Five-year average may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.


FARM MARKETINGS OF KANSAS ROW CROPS, 2001-2002 & 5-YEAR AVERAGE 1/
PERCENT OF SALES BY MONTHS
Crop By
Marketing
Year 		Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.
PERCENT
SORGHUM
2001-2002
 6 13 22 18 13 5 4 4 5 4 3 3
5-Year Average
 		7 18 16 17 14 6 6 3 4 4 2 4
CORN
2001-2002
 6 21 14 15 13 6 4 4 5 5 3 4
5-Year Average
 		10 20 13 14 15 5 5 3 4 3 3 5
SOYBEANS
2001-2002
 3 24 16 11 16 8 8 4 6 2 1 1
5-Year Average
 		5 23 16 10 12 7 7 5 5 4 3 4
1/ Five-year average may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.

Dave Ranek & Sherri Hand, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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