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SOYBEAN VARIETY

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

Released: January 22, 1999

ASGROW SOYBEANS POPULAR IN 1998

According to Kansas Agricultural Statistics, the most popular variety of soybeans planted in Kansas for the 1998 crop year was Asgrow 3701. This variety accounted for 3.6 percent of the soybeans planted in Kansas. Asgrow's 5545 variety was the second most popular seed and was planted on 2.1 percent of the state's soybean acreage.

In addition to these top two varieties, Pioneer 9521 and 9421, Asgrow AG3834, and three public varieties (Williams 82, Hutcheson, and KS5292) were planted on more than 1 percent of the soybean acreage in the State (see map below). The western areas of the state had too few reports to allow publishing of district data.

A breakdown by brands (see Table 1), shows Asgrow, Pioneer, Public, Dekalb, Midland, and Novartis each had over five percent of the planted soybeans in Kansas. Over 65 percent of the soybeans planted in the State for 1998 were varieties of these top six brands (see Table 2).

The average seeding rate reported by producers across the state was 171,262 seeds per acre (see Table 3). The most common row spacing in all districts was 30 inches with slightly more than 40 percent of the acreage planted using narrow rows (see Table 4).

LEADING SOYBEAN VARIETIES IN KANSAS, 1998 CROP
Percent of Seeded Acreage, By Districts*
DISTRICT 40 
DISTRICT70 
Asgrow AG3601  4.2  Asgrow 3701  8.9 
Midland 8377RR  3.6  Garst D376RR  2.9 
Asgrow 3701  2.6  Asgrow 3834  2.3 
Mildand 8410  2.5  Dekalb 420RR  1.7 
Asgrow AG3301  2.5  Asgrow AG3601  1.4 
DISTRICT 50 
DISTRICT 80 
Midland 8410  4.2  Public Williams 82  3.5 
Asgrow AG3601  3.1  Asgrow AG3834  2.3 
Pioneer 9352  2.8  Midland 8486  1.9 
Garst 400  2.3  Asgrow 3701  1.8 
Pioneer 9396  2.1  Dekalb 415  1.5 
DISTRICT 60 
DISTRICT 90 
Asgrow 3701  11.6  Asgrow 5545  6.5 
Golden Harvest H-1407  5.0  Pioneer 9521  5.8 
Asgrow AG3834  4.2  Public Hutcheson  4.6 
Asgrow AG3301  2.6  Public KS5292  4.0 
Asgrow AG3601  2.5  Pioneer 9421  2.1 
* Western district varieties not published because of insufficient reports.

 
STATE
Top Ten Varieties 
1. Asgrow 3701  3.6  6. Public Hutcheson  1.5 
2. Asgrow 5545  2.1  7. Public KS5292  1.3 
3. Pioneer 9521  1.8  8. Pioneer 9421  1.1 
4. Public Williams 82  1.8  9. Asgrow AG3601  1.0 
5. Asgrow AG3834  1.6  10. Midland 8486  0.9 
 

Table 1-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS SOYBEANS BY BRAND, 1998 CROP 
BRAND  AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS 
NW  WC  SW  NC  C  SC  NE  EC  SE  STATE 
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE 
ASGROW  17.8  30 .1  24 .3  21 .4  14 .4  31 .4  26 .5  19 .0  20 .0  21 .8 
PIONEER  19 .3  17 .3  3 .1  15 .5  18 .9  8 .9  13 .6  6 .5  18 .0  12 .6 
PUBLIC  -  -  -  2 .8  0 .7  0 .3  3 .0  8 .5  21 .8  10 .7 
DEKALB  7 .7  1 .1  6 .5  5 .6  11 .0  12 .6  11 .1  8 .7  4 .5  8 .1 
MIDLAND  -  -  1 .2  17 .3  21 .1  6 .3  4 .3  10 .0  3 .2  6 .4 
NOVARTIS  7 .8  6 .0  7 .1  4 .7  4 .3  5 .6  4 .9  5 .4  6 .5  5 .6 
GARST  -  0 .9  4 .4  2 .5  2 .8  1 .6  8 .3  1 .6  1 .2  3 .4 
WILLCROSS  -  -  -  -  -  0 .1  1 .9  5 .1  3 .1  3 .2 
NC+  0 .3  -  1 .7  0 .8  4 .3  3 .2  0 .7  2 .1  5 .2  2 .7 
MYCOGEN  -  0 .7  2 .0  1 .2  2 .9  3 .8  1 .8  4 .1  1 .8  2 .6 
STINE  0 .1  -  8 .8  1 .7  2 .9  0 .7  3 .4  1 .9  1 .0  2 .0 
TERRA  -  -  -  -  -  0 .7  -  1 .7  3 .8  1 .8 
MIDWEST  3 .7  1 .5  2 .4  2 .4  2 .9  4 .4  0 .8  3 .0  0 .5  1 .6 
GOLDEN HARVEST  5 .2  1 .9  9 .5  1 .9  0 .2  9 .7  1 .0  1 .7  0 .6  1 .4 
HOEGEMYER  3 .5  -  -  0 .5  0 .4  -  2 .0  2 .2  0 .1  1 .4 
TAYLOR  -  -  -  -  -  -  3 .3  1 .5  0 .0  1 .4 
BIN RUN  -  -  -  0 .4  1 .3  0 .4  0 .6  0 .7  0 .7  0 .7 
DELANCE  -  -  -  -  -  1 .5  0 .2  0 .1  1 .5  0 .6 
AGRIPRO  7 .3  8 .8  2 .6  3 .1  0 .8  0 .2  0 .7  0 .3  0 .2  0 .5 
MERSCHMAN  -  -  -  1 .7  -  -  0 .2  1 .0  0 .2  0 .5 
PATRIOT  -  -  -  0 .4  -  -  1 .1  0 .6  0 .0  0 .5 
CARGILL  -  -  -  0 .3  -  0 .2  0 .6  0 .0  0 .2  0 .3 
LEWIS  -  -  -  -  -  -  1 .2  -  -  0 .3 
ADVANCED GENETICS  -  -  -  0 .3  0 .6  0 .2  0 .0  0 .4  0 .1  0 .2 
DYNA-GROW  -  -  -  1 .3  -  1 .0  0 .4  -  0 .2  0 .2 
FONTANELLE  -  -  -  -  -  -  0 .6  -  -  0 .2 
STAR  -  3 .8  -  0 .7  0 .2  -  0 .2  0 .3  -  0 .2 
WILSON  -  -  -  -  -  0 .5  0 .5  -  0 .0  0 .2 
AGSOURCE  -  -  -  -  -  -  0 .2  -  -  0 .1 
COOP  -  -  -  0 .3  -  -  0 .2  -  -  0 .1 
DAVIS  -  -  -  -  -  -  0 .1  0 .3  -  0 .1 
DRUSSELL  -  4 .7  18 .2  -  -  -  -  0 .1  0 .2  0 .1 
NECO  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  0 .0  0 .0  0 .1 
PRAIRIE  -  -  -  -  -  -  0 .2  -  -  0 .1 
OTHERS 1/  27 .3  23 .2  8 .2  13 .2  10 .3  6 .7  6 .4  13 .1  5 .3  8 .3 
TOTAL  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0  100 .0 
NOTE: Dash = Variety not reported in this district. 0=Less than .1 percent.
1/ Other includes homegrown, brands that had less than 3 reports throughout the State, and unknown brands.
 
 
Table 2_KANSAS SOYBEAN VARIETIES BY BRAND, 1998 CROP* 
Brand  Variety  % Acres Seede d  Brand  Variety  % Acres Seed ed  Brand  Variety  % Acres Seed ed 
Asgrow  21 .8  Midland  6 .4  Public  10 .7 
3701  3 .6  8486  0 .9  1 .8 
5545  2 .1  8410  0 .8  Hutches  1 .5 
AG3834  1 .6  8393  0 .7  KS5292  1 .3 
AG3601  1 .0  8431  0 .3  Macon  0 .8 
AG4601R  0 .6  8397RR  0 .3  Manokin  0 .6 
4701  0 .5  8377RR  0 .3  KS4997  0 .6 
AG3301  0 .5  8413  0 .2  Williams  0 .4 
AG4401  0 .4  8433RR  0 .2  Essex  0 .4 
3704  0 .4  8386ST  0 .1  KS4895  0 .4 
AG3002  0 .4  8361RR  0 .1  Bay  0 .3 
AG4341  0 .3  8341RR  0 .1  KS4694  0 .2 
AG4301  0 .3  Midwest  1 .6  Stressla  0 .2 
3404  0 .2  G3644S  0 .2  Flyer  0 .2 
AG3901  0 .2  Mycogen  2 .6  Resnik  0 .2 
2931  0 .1  399  0 .3  Stafford  0 .1 
AG3904  0 .1  470  0 .3  Crawfor  0 .1 
5601RR  0 .1  429  0 .2  Stine  2 .0 
AG4501  0 .1  5404  0 .2  3264  0 .3 
Dekalb  8 .1  4370RR  0 .2  4790  0 .1 
420RR  0 .9  NC+  2 .7  3660  0 .1 
415  0 .8  4A10  0 .3  3870  0 .1 
CX399  0 .8  5A45RR  0 .3  Taylor  1 .4 
CX377  0 .4  4A47  0 .3  395  0 .2 
390RR  0 .4  4A16RR  0 .2  .  450RR  0 .2 
411  0 .4  5A44  0 .2  370RR  0 .1 
370RR  0 .3  3A66RR  0 .1  350  0 .1 
460  0 .2  Novartis  5 .6  396  0 .1 
CX419RR  0 .1  S42-K2  0 .5  Terra  1 .8 
CX445  0 .1  S46-W8  0 .5  TS504  0 .3 
CX434  0 .1  44-77  0 .3  TS466R  0 .2 
CX510C  0 .1  36-U2  0 .2  396RR  0 .2 
CX359RR  0 .1  S39-D9  0 .2  TS415  0 .1 
Delance  0 .6  S35-FS  0 .2  TS474  0 .1 
454  0 .1  Pioneer  12 .6  Willcross  3 .2 
390  0 .1  9521  1 .8  92  0 .4 
Garst  3 .4  9421  1 .1  9447  0 .2 
D376RR  0 .9  9395  0 .8  RR2397  0 .2 
D454  0 .2  9396  0 .7 
D371  0 .2  9391  0 .6 
400  0 .2  9393  0 .4 
D478  0 .2  9352  0 .3 
D417  0 .1  9412  0 .3 
Golden Harv  1 .4  93BB2  0 .3 
H-1357RR  0 .4  94B01  0 .2 
H-1407  0 .2  9344  0 .2 
H-1454  0 .1  9492  0 .2 
H-1353  0 .1  9511  0 .2 
Hoegemyer  1 .4  9333  0 .2 
401  0 .3  93B51  0 .1 
380  0 .1  9363  0 .1 
371  0 .1  9411  0 .1 
395RR  0 .1  9294  0 .1 
435  0 .1  93B41  0 .1 
* Only those varieties with 5 or more reports are published in this table.
 

KANSAS SOYBEAN ACRES:
Table 3_AVERAGE SEED POPULATION,
BY DISTRICT 		 Table 4_ACRES PLANTED USING NARROW ROWS,
BY DISTRICT 
Dist.  # Rpts.  Avg. Seed/Acre  Dist.  # Rpts.  % of Acres Planted
in Narrow Rows1 		 Avg. Row Width
in Inches2 
10  16  183,988  10  17  10.8  27.6 
20  12  169,987  20  12  13.1  25.5 
30  28  177,387  30  29  12.9  26.3 
40  148  161,618  40  165  29.1  24.0 
50  141  169,248  50  156  25.5  22.5 
60  150  179,238  60  166  31.3  22.3 
70  520  188,072  70  578  52.3  19.4 
80  541  172,671  80  598  45.4  21.2 
90  521  153,319  90  560  43.1  21.4 
State  2,077  171,262  State  2,281  43.2  21.3 
1 Narrow rows are defined as rows 10 inches or less.
2 Includes all acreage.

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