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KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Kansas Department of Agriculture
632 SW Van Buren, Rm. 200, PO Box 3534
Topeka, KS 66601-3534
Phone: 785-233-2230

PRESS RELEASE

Released: August 24, 1998


KANSAS 6TH IN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

Kansas ranked sixth among the 50 states as an exporter of agricultural products during fiscal year (FY) 1997, according to data released by the Economics Research Service, USDA, and Kansas Agricultural Statistics. The total value of Kansas exports, at $2,650.3 million, is a 15 percent decrease from the previous fiscal year. The decrease came primarily from the total of wheat and wheat products category, along with decreases in feed grains & products, live animals & meat, and hides and skins. Kansas accounted for 4.6 percent of the $57,365.1 million national total of agricultural exports in FY 1997.

Kansas regained the rank of first place in the export sales of wheat and wheat products, with a value of $498.2 million, while dropping to second in export sales of hides and skins. Wheat comprised 19 percent of the total Kansas exports and 12 percent of the total wheat exported by the U.S. Kansas also ranks second among the 50 states in fats, oils, & greases, with a value of $85.0 million, while accounting for 3 percent of the total Kansas exports and 16 percent of the U.S. exports.

U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS

DOWN 4 PERCENT

The United States exported $57.4 billion of agricultural commodities in FY 1997, down 4 percent from 1996. Export share estimates placed California at the top for the thirteenth consecutive year. Iowa ranked second, followed by Illinois, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Minnesota, Arkansas, Washington, and Indiana. Agri- cultural export estimates by State are based on the assumption that if a State contributes a certain percentage of U.S. production, it contributes a similar percentage of export revenues. When appropriate, however, supplemental data (customs district data, domestic use data, and the Census of Agriculture data, for example) were used to adjust the export share.

KANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
Commodity 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
Million Dollars
Wheat & Flour
 735 .6 663 .3 907 .2 863 .4 498 .2
Total Feed Grains
 361 .7 398 .8 492 .2 638 .3 607 .5
Live Animals & Meat
(Excluding Poultry)
559 .9
587 .3
772 .0
788 .0
628 .1
Hides & Skins
 211 .4 235 .1 323 .3 289 .3 282 .7
Soybeans & Products
 190 .5 160 .4 210 .1 186 .3 287 .4
Feeds & Fodders
 122 .9 144 .6 164 .8 184 .2 188 .9
Fats, Oils, & Greases
 82 .1 81 .9 148 .5 113 .7 85 .0
Seeds
 21 .4 18 .3 17 .3 21 .0 38 .5
Sunflowers & Oils
 13 .1 14 .4 28 .0 20 .1 26 .1
Dairy Products
 11 .8 10 .0 6 .9 3 .3 3 .9
Other
 3 .9 3 .7 3 .5 3 .9 4 .0
        Total
 2,314 .3 2,317 .6 3,073 .8 3,111 .8 2,650 .3

LEADING STATES IN U.S. AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
SELECTED COMMODITIES, FISCAL YEAR 1997
Commodity Group United
States 		Leading 10 States by Value
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Million Dollars
Total 57365.1 Cal.
7694.4 		Iowa
4145.9 		Ill.
3748.1 		Neb.
3308.1 		Texas
3053.6 		Kans.
2650.3 		Minn.
2610.5 		Ark.
1918.1 		Wash.
1857.0 		Ind.
1852.7
Soybeans & Products 9253.6 Iowa
1615.0 		Ill.
1549.5 		Minn.
870.8 		Ind.
791.1 		Ohio
610.4 		Mo.
582.0 		Neb.
526.1 		Ark.
435.0 		S. Dak.
352.6 		Kans.
287.4
Feed Grains & Prods. 8447.6 Iowa
1504.0 		Ill.
1300.4 		Neb.
1120.5 		Minn.
783.5 		Kans.
607.5 		Ind.
587.2 		Mo.
354.4 		S. Dak.
336.9 		Texas
329.5 		Wis.
296.9
Live Animals & Meat 4893.4 Neb.
737.0 		Texas
654.9 		Kans.
628.1 		Iowa
482.1 		Colo.
249.5 		Ill.
213.3 		Minn.
202.9 		Ky.
189.1 		Cal.
159.4 		Wis.
150.7
Wheat & Products 4331.1 Kans.
498.2 		N. Dak.
458.7 		Wash.
380.1 		Ark.
238.1 		Mont.
234.9 		Ind.
233.1 		Ohio
192.9 		Mo.
177.2 		S. Dak.
174.6 		Okla.
162.8
Vegetables & Prep. 4088.6 Cal.
1977.4 		Wash.
416.8 		Idaho
253.8 		Wis.
205.7 		Minn.
168.6 		Ore.
161.8 		Mich.
136.4 		Fla.
111.5 		N. Dak.
102.2 		Colo.
80.5
Fruits & Prep. 3418.2 Cal.
1757.0 		Fla.
615.0 		Wash.
538.2 		Ore.
80.7 		N.Y.
80.2 		Mich.
75.4 		Haw.
62.8 		Texas
43.2 		Ariz.
39.5 		Penn.
30.1
Poultry & Products 2832.3 Ark.
413.0 		Ga.
387.0 		N. C.
327.3 		Ala.
281.4 		Miss.
205.7 		Cal.
141.4 		Texas
140.3 		Va.
109.6 		Mo.
108.7 		Del.
89.9
Cotton & Linters 2441.4 Texas
564.2 		Cal.
373.9 		GA.
264.6 		Miss.
238.8 		Ark.
208.2 		La.
163.7 		N.C.
127.5 		Ariz.
112.8 		Ala.
100.4 		Tenn.
85.9
Feeds & Fodders 1811.2 Neb.
249.2 		Texas
199.8 		Kans.
188.9 		Iowa
126.8 		Minn.
118.6 		Ill.
89.6 		Colo.
75.5 		N. Dak.
70.1 		Fla.
66.1 		Wis.
62.2
Hides & Skins 1693.2 Neb.
304.1 		Kans.
282.7 		Texas
258.2 		Colo.
120.1 		Wis.
93.8 		Iowa
72.5 		Minn.
63.4 		Ill.
50.1 		Cal.
48.8 		Penn.
48.8
Tobacco, Unmfd. 1611.6 N. C.
598.6 		Ky.
387.5 		S. C.
120.5 		Ga.
116.7 		Va.
110.0 		Tenn.
108.2 		Conn.
70.6 		Mass.
25.2 		Fla.
20.9 		Ind.
14.9
Tree Nuts 1280.0 Cal.
1190.8 		Ga.
22.4 		Ore.
21.3 		Haw.
13.2 		Texas
8.9 		N. M.
4.9 		La.
3.6 		Ala.
3.1 		Miss.
0.6 		S. C.
0.6
Rice 961.8 Ark.
411.0 		Cal.
185.2 		La.
151.5 		Texas
109.7 		Miss.
74.6 		Mo.
29.7
NA
NA
NA
NA
Seeds 912.9 Cal.
148.4 		Ore.
140.5 		Iowa
64.0 		Ill.
57.6 		Minn.
44.6 		N. Dak.
44.4 		Neb.
44.3 		Kans.
38.5 		Fla.
29.3 		Mo.
28.2
Dairy Products 868.7 Wis.
204.3 		Cal.
152.1 		Minn.
74.6 		Penn.
46.8 		N. Y.
45.8 		Idaho
39.7 		Wash.
31.7 		Iowa.
24.9 		Ohio
23.6 		Texas
23.5
Fats, Oils, & Greases 523.4 Neb.
95.8 		Kans.
85.0 		Texas
77.4 		Iowa
41.4 		Colo.
32.1 		Minn.
21.4 		Ill.
21.3 		Wis.
20.3 		Penn.
15.6 		Cal.
14.6
Peanuts & Products 274.2 Ga.
107.4 		Texas
51.6 		Ala.
33.7 		N.C.
27.5 		Fla.
17.7 		Va.
16.4 		Okla.
14.6 		N. M.
2.8 		S. C.
2.4
NA
Sunflower Seed & Oil 260.4 N. Dak.
127.7 		S. Dak.
77.8 		Kans.
26.1 		Minn.
13.6 		Colo.
9.3 		Neb.
3.6 		Texas
2.4
NA
NA
NA
Cottonseed & Products 110.4 Texas
27.6 		Cal.
15.8 		Miss.
11.4 		Ga.
10.5 		Ark.
9.8 		La.
7.7 		N.C.
5.3 		Ariz.
5.0 		Ala.
4.2 		Tenn.
4.1
    Other 7350.9 Cal.
1376.0 		Texas
317.0 		Ill.
265.0 		Fla.
240.0 		Wash.
238.3 		La.
216.7 		Iowa
167.1 		Ore.
145.8 		Ga.
145.1 		Ark.
133.5
NA = Not Applicable

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