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

Released: June 11, 2003
Volume 03, No. 6

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WHEAT
PRODUCTION


WHEAT PRODUCTION UP 10 PERCENT FROM MAY FORECAST

The 2003 Kansas wheat crop is forecast at 426.8 million bushels as of June 1. The current estimate is up 10 percent from the May 1 estimate and 60 percent above the 2002 crop. The current crop is projected to be harvested from 9.7 million acres, up 1.6 million acres from a year ago. This will be the largest acreage harvested since 1998. Yield per harvested acre is expected to average 44.0 bushels, up 4.0 bushels from the May forecast and 11.0 bushels above the 2002 final yield. As of June 1, wheat condition was rated 12 percent excellent, 40 percent good, 30 percent fair, 13 percent poor, and 5 percent very poor.

Wheat heading was virtually complete and 37 percent of the crop had begun to turn color. This is ahead of the 36 percent in 2002 but behind the five-year average of 42 percent. Temperatures were moderate during May and the State received wide-spread scattered showers throughout the month. Topsoil moisture was rated 3 percent very short, 14 percent short, 79 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Last year, topsoil moisture was 19 percent very short, 18 percent short, 54 percent adequate, and 9 percent surplus.

KANSAS WHEAT PRODUCTION, JUNE 1, 2003
District Acres Planted Acres Harvested Yield Per Acre Production
2002 2003 2002 2003 % of
Prev. Yr 		2002 2003 2002 2003 % of
Prev. Yr
WINTER WHEAT - - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - Percent Bushels 1,000 Bushels Percent
Northwest 1,060 1,060 920 995 108 29 42 26,440 42,200 160
West Central 1,200 1,240 885 1,180 133 27 38 23,865 45,400 190
Southwest 1,545 1,750 1,010 1,565 155 27 33 27,215 52,400 193
North Central 1,230 1,390 1,120 1,340 120 38 49 42,885 65,700 153
Central 1,460 1,500 1,400 1,440 103 37 48 51,220 69,800 136
South Central 2,195 2,340 1,900 2,185 115 33 47 61,755 102,600 166
Northeast 150 200 145 195 134 49 52 7,165 10,200 142
East Central 224 270 215 265 123 40 49 8,605 13,100 152
Southeast 536 550 505 535 106 36 47 18,150 25,400 140
    State 9,600 10,300 8,100 9,700 120 33 44 267,300 426,800 160

U.S. WINTER WHEAT PRODUCTION UP 4 PERCENT

Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.63 billion bushels, up 4 percent from the May 1 forecast and 42 percent above 2002. Based on June 1 conditions, the U.S. yield is forecast at 44.6 bushels per acre, up 1.7 bushels from the previous forecast. Grain area totals 36.4 million acres, unchanged from May 1. Hard Red production is up 7 percent from a month ago to 1.01 billion bushels. Soft Red is down 1 percent from last month, and now totals 368 million bushels. White production totals 253 million bushels, up 1 percent from last month. Forecasted head counts from the Objective Yield surveys in the six Hard Red Winter states (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas) are above last year's final counts. Indicated average head weights are also above last year's level, except in Texas.

Most of the growing region received adequate moisture during the month, except in Texas where dry conditions continue to persist. In Kansas, widespread rains received Statewide during May helped to boost crop conditions in the central and eastern parts of the State.


WINTER WHEAT, KANSAS AND SELECTED STATES, JUNE 1, 2003
State Acreage Yield Per Acre Production
Harvested
2002 		For Harvest
2003 		% of
Prev. Yr. 		2002 2003 2002 2003 % of
Prev. Yr.
1,000 Acres Percent Bushels 1,000 Bushels Percent
KANSAS 8,100 9,700 120 33.0 44.0 267,300 426,800 160
Oklahoma 3,500 4,700 134 28.0 36.0 98,000 169,200 173
Washington 1,750 1,800 103 59.0 62.0 103,250 111,600 108
Texas 2,700 3,700 137 29.0 29.0 78,300 107,300 137
Colorado 1,650 2,200 133 22.0 33.0 36,300 72,600 200
Nebraska 1,520 1,650 109 32.0 44.0 48,640 72,600 149
Ohio 810 960 119 62.0 68.0 50,220 65,280 130
Montana 750 1,700 227 28.0 38.0 21,000 64,600 308
Idaho 690 710 103 79.0 82.0 54,510 58,220 107
S. Dakota 625 1,440 230 29.0 40.0 18,125 57,600 318
United States 29,651 36,447 123 38.5 44.6 1,142,802 1,626,376 142
1/ Selected states based on top 10 states according to production of winter wheat.


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

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