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PROSPECTIVE PLANTING AND & GRAIN STOCKS

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

Special Press Release: March 28, 2002

PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS

Kansas growers expect to plant 19.3 million acres to the four major crops (wheat, sorghum, corn, and soybeans), down 4 percent from 2001. Wheat seeded in the fall of 2001 totaled 9.4 million acres, unchanged from the December forecast but down 4 percent from the previous year.

Sorghum acreage expected to be planted, at 3.80 million acres, is down 5 percent from a year ago. Corn planting intentions totaled 3.3 million, down 4 percent from the 2001 acreage. Soybean planted acreage is expected to be 2.8 million acres, down 2 percent from last year. Oat seedings are expected to be up 60 percent from 2001 at 160,000 acres. Barley seedings, at 10,000 acres, are up from the 9,000 acres planted in 2001.

Sunflower acreage to be planted, at 275,000 acres, is down 18 percent from last year. Dry beans, at 18,000 acres, are up 20 percent from the previous year. All hay for harvest, at 3.2 million acres, is down 3 percent from 2001. Cotton is expected to be planted on 68,000 acres, up 26,000 acres from last year.


GRAIN STOCKS

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions totaled 204.2 million bushels on March 1, down 24 percent from December 2001 and 6 percent from last March. Wheat stored in off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 185.2 million bushels and accounted for 91 percent of the total. On-farm stocks totaled 19.0 million bushels, compared with 21.0 million bushels last March.

Sorghum grain in all positions totaled 107.0 million bushels, down 40 percent from December 2001 but 31 percent above a year ago. Off-farm stocks accounted for 86.0 million bushels and on-farm stocks 21.0 million bushels.

Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 184.5 million bushels, were down 30 percent from December but 2 percent above last March's stocks. Off-farm stocks were 130.5 million bushels, which accounted for 71 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks, at 54.0 million bushels, were down 10 percent from the 2001 March stocks.

Off-farm oat stocks totaled 703,000 bushels, up 79 percent from December and 58 percent above March 2001.

Kansas soybeans in all locations totaled 41.5 million bushels, down 40 percent from December but 18 percent above the 2001 March stocks. Off-farm stocks, at 30.5 million bushels, were up 16 percent from last year and accounted for 74 percent of the total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks, at 11.0 million bushels, were up 22 percent from last year.

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