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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 11, 2003
Volume 03, No. 12

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INCLUDED
IN THIS
ISSUE

DRY BEAN PRODUCTION

FARM
MARKETINGS


Kansas Dry Bean Production Up

Kansas dry bean production is estimated at 231,000 hundredweight (cwt.), up 44 percent from the 2002 crop. Yield is estimated at 2,100 pounds per acre, 1,000 pounds above the 1,100 pounds produced per acre last year. Harvested acres, at 11,000, are down 3,500 acres from the 14,500 acres harvested in 2002.

The primary variety grown in Kansas is Pinto.

United States production of dry beans is estimated at 22.8 million cwt. for 2003, down 3 percent from the November forecast and 24 percent below 2002. Area for harvest is estimated at 1.36 million acres, 4 percent below the previous estimate and 21 percent below a year ago. The average yield, estimated at 1,678 pounds per acre, is 13 pounds higher than the November forecast but 58 pounds lower than a year ago.

Kansas Dry Bean Production, December 1, 2003
Class
Planted Harvested Yield Per Acre Production
2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003
1,000 Acres
Pounds 1,000 Cwt.
Pintos
 1/ 12 .0 1/ 11 .0 1/ 2,100 1/ 231
All Dry Beans
 18 .0 12 .0 14 .5 11 .0 1,100 2,100 160 231
1/ 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, 2002-2003 & 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
2002-2003
 28 28 12 6 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 5
5-Year Average
 		11 28 11 6 6 4 7 9 5 5 5 4
1/ Five-year average may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.


Farm Marketings of Kansas Row Crops, 2002-2003 & 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
2002-2003
 5 8 30 22 9 6 5 5 3 3 1 3
5-Year Average
 		7 18 16 17 14 6 6 3 4 4 2 4
CORN
2002-2003
 10 27 12 14 11 6 5 5 4 2 1 3
5-Year Average
 		10 20 13 14 15 5 5 3 4 3 3 5
SOYBEANS
2002-2003
 4 17 16 15 16 10 5 6 4 4 2 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 & Dan Kolterman, Agricultural Statisticians
Eldon J. Thiessen, State Statistician
Eddie Wells, Deputy State Statistician

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