Wheat production in Kansas for 2005 is forecast at 374.4 million bushels. The current forecast is down 2 percent from June 1 but 19 percent above last year’s production. Harvested acres are expected to total 9.6 million, unchanged from June 1 but up 1.1 million acres from last year. Yield is expected to average 39 bushels per acre, down 1 bushel from the June 1 forecast but 2 bushels above last year’s yield of 37 bushels. As of July 3, wheat harvest was 90 percent complete, 9 points ahead of last year’s progress of 81 percent complete and 4 points ahead of the 5-year average.

Oat production is forecast at 2.50 million bushels, up 45 percent from last year. Yield is expected to average 50 bushels per acre, up 7 bushels from last year’s yield of 43 bushels.

Kansas Wheat Production, By District, July 1, 2005 1/
District	Acres Planted		Acres Harvested			Yield Per Acre		Production
District	2004	2005	2004	2005	% of Prev. Yr	2004	2005	2004	2005	% of Prev. Yr
WINTER WHEAT	- - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - -				Percent	Bushels		1,000 Bushels		Percent
Northwest	1,125	1,190	490	1,140	233	18	34	9,045	38,200	422
West Central	1,190	1,270	870	1,215	140	22	37	18,995	44,350	233
Southwest	1,510	1,510	1,345	1,385	103	31	41	42,135	56,100	133
North Central	1,355	1,340	1,275	1,290	101	42	40	53,590	51,000	95
Central	1,520	1,640	1,460	1,580	108	43	42	62,655	65,600	105
South Central	2,240	2,290	2,075	2,165	104	41	41	84,795	87,700	103
Northeast	240	260	230	250	109	55	45	12,645	11,130	88
East Central	285	240	270	230	85	42	34	11,350	7,720	68
Southeast	535	360	485	345	71	40	37	19,290	12,600	65
State	10,000	10,100	8,500	9,600	113	37	39	314,500	374,400	119

1/ Funding for district level wheat data supplied by the Kansas Wheat Commission.

Winter wheat production is forecast at 1.53 billion bushels. This is down 1 percent from June 1 but 2 percent above 2004. Acres for harvest as grain are forecast at 34.3 million. unchanged from the acreage report released on June 30, 2005, but down 2 percent from the June 1 forecast. The U.S. yield is forecast at 44.5 bushels per acre, up 0.4 bushel per acre from last month.

Hard Red Winter Wheat, at 924 million bushels, is down 4 percent from a month ago. White Winter production is up 1 percent from last month and now totals 287 million bushels. Soft Red Winter, at 315 million bushels, is up 5 percent from the last forecast.

Crop Production, July 1, 2004-2005
Crop	Planted	Harvested		Yield Per Acre		Production
Crop	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
	- - - - 1,000 Acres - - - -			Bushels		1,000 Bushels
KANSAS
Winter Wheat	10,100	8,500	9,600	37	39	314,500	374,400
Oats	110	40	50	43	50	1,720	2,500

UNITED STATES
All Wheat	58,080	49,999	50,361	43.2	43.8	2,158,245	2,208,117
Winter Wheat	41,408	34,462	34,271	43.5	44.5	1,499,434	1,525,302
Oats	4,342	1,792	1,976	64.7	66.5	115,935	131,314

Kansas growers planted 19.35 million acres to the four major crops (wheat, sorghum, corn, and soybeans), up 1 percent from 2004. Wheat seeded last fall totaled 10.1 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but up 1 percent (100,000 acres) from last year. Acreage for harvest is expected to be 9.6 million acres, unchanged from the previous forecast but 13 percent (1.1 million acres) above a year ago.

Sorghum acreage planted and to be planted, at 2.9 million acres, is down 9 percent from last year. Kansas ranks first in the Nation in sorghum acreage. The acreage intended for harvest as grain, at 2.65 million acres, is down 9 percent from last year.

Corn planted acreage, at 3.45 million acres, is 11 percent above last year’s planted acres. Farmers planted 63 percent of their corn acreage with varieties developed using biotechnology. Twenty-three percent of the acreage was planted with insect resistant only varieties containing bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and 30 percent of the acreage with herbicide resistant varieties developed using biotechnology. Stacked gene varieties, those containing both insect and herbicide resistance, were planted on 10 percent of the corn acreage. Acreage expected to be harvested for grain is 3.1 million acres, up 8 percent from last year.

Soybean plantings are expected to total 2.9 million acres, up 100,000 acres from a year ago. Producers planted 90 percent of the soybean acreage to herbicide resistant varieties in 2005. Expected acreage for harvest, at 2.8 million acres, is 3 percent above last year.

Oats planted in 2005, at 110,000 acres, is 8 percent below last year. Oats expected to be harvested for grain, at 50,000 acres, is up 10,000 acres from the previous year. Barley planted acreage, at 17,000 acres, increased 2,000 acres from last year. Expected acreage for harvest, at 15,000 acres, is up 3,000 acres from last year. All sunflowers planted, at 300,000 acres, are up 75 percent from last year. Oil type varieties planted are at 270,000 acres, while non-oil varieties are planted on 30,000 acres. All sunflowers harvested are expected to total 278,000 acres with oil type varieties projected at 250,000 harvested acres. Hay acreage to be harvested is expected to total 3.1 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Of the total hay acreage, 900,000 acres are alfalfa hay, down 50,000 acres from last year. Acreage of dry beans planted, at 13,000 acres, is up 4,000 acres from last year. Harvested acreage is forecast at 12,000 acres. Cotton acreage is estimated at 80,000 acres in 2005, down 5,000 acres from last year.

Sorghum planted for all purposes is estimated at 7.01 million acres, down 6 percent from 2004. Sorghum harvested for grain is estimated at 6.03 million acres, down 7 percent from last year. Corn planted for all purposes is estimated at 81.6 million acres, up 1 percent from 2004 and 4 percent above 2003. This is the largest corn acreage since 1985, when 83.4 million acres were planted for all purposes. Growers expect to harvest 74.4 million acres for grain, up 1 percent from 2004. Soybean growers planted or intend to plant 73.3 million acres, down 3 percent from last year. Area to be harvested is estimated at 72.4 million acres, down 2 percent from 2004. Hay growers expect to harvest 61.7 million acres of all hay in 2005, down fractionally from 2004. Harvested area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures cut for hay is estimated at 22.1 million acres, up 2 percent from last year. All other hay acreage is estimated at 39.6 million acres, down 2 percent from last year. Sunflower planted area is estimated at 2.71 million acres, up 45 percent from last year and the first acreage increase since 1998. Oil type varieties comprised 2.18 million acres this year, 42 percent above 2004. Non-oil type varieties were planted on 538,000 acres, up 58 percent from a year ago. Dry bean planted acreage is estimated at 1.67 million acres this year, up 24 percent from last year and 19 percent above two years ago.

Crop Acreage, 2004-2005
Crop	Kansas				United States
	Planted		Harvested		Planted		Harvested
	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005	2004	2005
	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,000 Acres - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Corn 1/	3,100	3,450	2,880	3,100	80,930	81,592	73,632	74,368
Sorghum 1/	3,200	2,900	2,900	2,650	7,486	7,013	6,517	6,030
Soybeans	2,800	2,900	2,710	2,800	75,208	73,303	73,958	72,384
Oats 1/	120	110	40	50	4,085	4,342	1,792	1,976
Barley 1/	15	17	12	15	4,527	3,970	4,021	3,471
Dry Edible Beans	9.0	13.0	8.5	12.0	1,354.3	1,674.0	1,219.3	1,567.4
Sunflowers	171	300	158	278	1,873	2,714	1,711	2,584
All Hay	-	-	3,350	3,100	-	-	61,916	61,723
Alfalfa	-	-	950	900	-	-	21,707	22,118
Other Hay	-	-	2,400	2,200	-	-	40,209	39,605
Cotton, All	85.0	80.0	80.0	2/	13,658.6	14,026.0	13,057.0	2/

Kansas wheat stocks in all positions total 57.1 million bushels on June 1, 25 percent below last June. Wheat stored at off-farm locations (mills, elevators, warehouses, and processors) totaled 53.1 million bushels, which accounts for 93 percent of the total grain stocks.

Sorghum grain in all positions totals 64.2 million bushels, 72 percent above last year’s level. Off-farm stocks accounted for 55.2 million bushels and on-farm stocks for 9.0 million bushels.

Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 138.8 million bushels, are 81 percent higher than last June, reflecting last year’s record production. Off-farm stocks are 98.8 million bushels, which account for 71 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks, at 40.0 million bushels, are up 14.0 million bushels from last June.

Kansas soybeans in all locations total 22.9 million bushels, an 82 percent increase from June 2004. Off-farm stocks, at 15.9 million bushels, are also up 49 percent from last year and account for 69 percent of the total soybean stocks. On-farm stocks total 7.0 million bushels, up 5.1 million bushels from the previous year.

Off-farm barley stocks, at 18,000 bushels, are 8,000 bushels less than a year ago.

All wheat stored in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 540 million bushels, down 1 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 161 million bushels, up 22 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 379 million bushels, are down 9 percent from a year ago. The March-May 2005 indicated disappearance is 445 million bushels, down 6 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Sorghum grain stored in all positions totaled 104 million bushels, up 29 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks, at 16.0 million bushels, are up 109 percent from last year. Off-farm stocks, at 88.4 million bushels, are up 21 percent from June 1, 2004. The March-May 2005 indicated disappearance from all positions is 99.2 million bushels, up from 78.1 million bushels during the same period a year ago.

Corn stocks in all positions totaled 4.32 billion bushels, up 45 percent from June 1, 2004. This is the highest June 1 stocks level since 1988. Of the total stocks, 2.46 billion bushels are stored on-farms, up 60 percent from a year earlier. Off-farm stocks, at 1.86 billion bushels, are up 30 percent from a year ago. The March-May 2005 indicated disappearance is 2.44 billion bushels, compared with 2.30 billion bushels during the same period last year.

Soybeans in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 700 million bushels, up 70 percent from June 1, 2004. On-farm stocks totaled 356 million bushels, up 224 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 344 million bushels, are up 14 percent from the previous year. The March-May 2005 indicated disappearance is 682 million bushels, up 38 percent from the same period a year earlier.

Oat stocks in all positions totaled 58.0 million bushels, 11 percent below June 1, 2004. Of the total stocks on hand, 25.4 million bushels are stored on farms, 8 percent lower than a year ago. Off-farm stocks totaled 32.6 million bushels, 13 percent below the previous year. Indicated dis-appearance during March-May 2005 totaled 24.5 million bushels, compared with 30.2 million bushels from the same period a year ago.

Barley stocks in all positions on June 1, 2005 totaled 129 million bushels, up 7 percent from a year ago. On-farm stocks are estimated at 41.1 million bushels, 45 percent above a year ago. Off-farm stocks, at 87.6 million bushels, are 5 percent below June 1, 2004. The March-May 2005 indicated disappearance is 62.0 million bushels, 90 percent above the same period a year earlier.

Corn and Soybeans, Kansas, by Districts, 2004-2005
District	Corn Planted			Soybeans Planted
District	2004	2005	% of Prev. Yr	2004	2005	% of Prev. Yr
	1,000 Acres		%	1,000 Acres		%

Northwest	533	510	96	102	75	74
West Central	238	300	126	35	40	114
Southwest	713	720	101	115	125	109
North Central	162	220	136	320	320	100
Central	100	150	150	199	230	116
South Central	332	360	108	296	265	90
Northeast	479	540	113	593	635	107
East Central	268	310	116	568	600	106
Southeast	275	340	124	572	610	107
State	3,100	3,450	111	2,800	2,900	104