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WHEAT VARIETY

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

PRESS RELEASE

Released: February 7, 2002

JAGGER STILL MOST POPULAR

Jagger was the leading variety of wheat seeded in Kansas for the 2002 crop. Accounting for 42.8 percent of the State's wheat, Jagger increased 7 points from a year ago and was the most popular variety in seven of the nine districts. Jagger made the biggest gain in the southwest district. The KSU maintained variety 2137 ranked second over all, with 15.5 percent of the acreage. It ranked first in two districts and second in the other seven. Karl and improved Karl moved up to third position, and increased .3 points from last year. The OSU maintained variety 2174 moved up to fourth place with 3.1 percent of the acreage. The fifth most popular variety was TAM 110 with 3.0 percent of the State's acreage. TAM 107 moved down to sixth place with 2.9 percent. Ike moved down to seventh place, with 2.6 percent. Dominator moved up to eighth place, with 2.0 percent. The KSU maintained variety 2163 remained in the top ten with 1.3 percent. Back in the top ten is Vista, with .9 percent. Acres planted with multiple varieties blended together were not included in the rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 11.4 percent of the acres planted State-wide and were used more extensively in the north central and central parts of the State. Out of the total State acres planted with blends, 96.5 percent had Jagger in the blend and 75.8 percent had 2137 in the blend. All Hard White varieties accounted for 1.1 percent of the State's acreage. Trego was the leading Hard White variety, accounting for .8 percent of the State's wheat. The majority of the white wheat was planted in the western third of the State.

LEADING WHEAT VARIETIES IN KANSAS, 2002 CROP

Percent of Seeded Acreage, By Districts

Variety % of Acreage Variety % of Acreage Variety % of Acreage
District 10 (Northwest) District 40 (North Central) District 70 (Northeast)
Jagger 27.2 Jagger 20.5 2137 43.3
2137 15.5 2137 18.3 Karl/Karl 92 25.6
Vista 9.4 Karl/Karl 92 14.7 Jagger 9.9
Tam 107 9.1 Dominator 6.4 Dominator 3.4
Alliance 4.1 2163 1.4 2163 3.2
District 20 (West Central) District 50 (Central) District 80 (East Central)
Jagger 18.8 Jagger 40.6 2137 34.8
2137 18.2 2137 20.3 Jagger 28.1
Tam 107 15.2 Dominator 5.8 Karl/Karl 92 13.4
TAM 110 11.3 Karl/Karl 92 4.0 2163 4.5
Ike 6.9 2163 2.1 Dominator 4.1
District 30 (Southwest) District 60 (South Central) District 90 (Southeast)
Jagger 32.8 Jagger 63.4 Jagger 50.7
2137 12.2 2137 10.8 2137 27.7
Ike 11.7 2174 6.6 Karl/Karl 92 4.6
Tam 110 10.9 Karl/Karl 92 1.4 2174 3.6
TAM 107 6.8 Coronado 1.4 2163 1.6

STATE
Top Ten Varieties
# Variety % # Variety %
1. Jagger 42.8 6. Tam 107 2.9
2. 2137 15.5 7. Ike 2.6
3. Karl/Karl 92 3.6 8. Dominator 2.0
4. 2174 3.1 9. 2163 1.3
5. Tam 110 3.0 10. Vista 0.9

Table 1-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES, 2002 CROP
VARIETY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS
NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
Jagger 27 .2 18 .8 32 .8 20 .5 40 .6 63 .4 9 .9 28 .1 50 .7 42 .8
2137 15 .5 18 .2 12 .2 18 .3 20 .3 10 .8 43 .3 34 .8 27 .7 15 .5
Karl/Karl 92 1 .9 3 .0 0 .3 14 .7 4 .0 1 .4 25 .6 13 .4 4 .6 3 .6
2174 0 .3 0 .6 0 .3 0 .8 2 .0 6 .6 0 .0 3 .2 3 .6 3 .1
TAM 110 1 .7 15 .2 10 .9 0 .1 0 .2 0 .1 * 0 .7 * 3 .0
TAM 107 9 .1 11 .3 6 .8 0 .4 0 .5 0 .2 0 .1 0 .3 0 .1 2 .9
Ike 2 .2 6 .9 11 .7 0 .6 1 .3 0 .5 * 0 .0 0 .1 2 .6
Dominator 0 .1 0 .1 * 6 .4 5 .8 0 .4 3 .4 4 .1 0 .0 2 .0
2163 0 .1 0 .2 1 .1 1 .4 2 .1 1 .3 3 .2 4 .5 1 .6 1 .3
Vista 9 .4 0 .7 0 .2 0 .1 0 .1 * * * * 0 .9
Larned 0 .9 3 .8 2 .6 0 .2 0 .4 0 .0 * 0 .2 * 0 .9
Trego 1/ 3 .4 2 .4 0 .8 0 .7 0 .3 0 .1 * 0 .0 0 .0 0 .8
T81 0 .4 2 .6 3 .6 0 .0 0 .1 0 .1 * * * 0 .8
Coronado 0 .0 * * 0 .1 0 .7 1 .4 0 .3 * 1 .4 0 .7
Thunderbolt 2 .1 0 .9 1 .6 0 .7 0 .2 0 .1 * * * 0 .6
7853 * 0 .2 0 .4 0 .3 0 .6 0 .6 * * 0 .3 0 .4
Ogallala 0 .8 1 .5 1 .3 0 .2 0 .2 0 .0 * * * 0 .4
Akron 1 .2 1 .8 0 .8 * * * * * 0 .0 0 .4
Alliance 4 .1 * * * * * * * * 0 .3
Tomahawk 0 .1 0 .0 0 .1 0 .7 0 .2 0 .4 * 0 .8 0 .9 0 .3
Pecos * * * 0 .2 0 .3 0 .4 * * 0 .5 0 .2
Niobrara 2 .5 * 0 .3 * * * * * * 0 .2
Big Dawg 0 .1 0 .0 * 0 .0 0 .5 0 .3 * 0 .2 1 .3 0 .2
Prairie Red 0 .1 1 .8 0 .1 * * * * * * 0 .2
Eagle 0 .0 0 .5 0 .8 * 0 .2 0 .0 * 0 .1 * 0 .2
Onaga 0 .5 * 0 .0 0 .2 0 .1 0 .2 0 .3 * 1 .4 0 .2
Scout/Scout 66 0 .1 0 .2 1 .0 0 .1 0 .0 0 .0 * * * 0 .2
Longhorn 0 .7 0 .2 0 .8 * 0 .0 0 .0 * * 0 .0 0 .2
Blends 9 .7 6 .0 3 .6 29 .4 15 .8 8 .9 6 .3 4 .2 1 .7 11 .4
Other Hrd White Varieties 0 .5 0 .8 1 .3 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2 * 0 .1 1 .7 0 .3
Other Hrd Varieties 4 .8 2 .3 4 .6 3 .7 3 .3 2 .6 7 .6 5 .3 1 .2 3 .3
Other Soft Varieties 0 .5 * * * 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 1 .2 0 .1
    Total 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0
NOTE:* = Variety not reported in this district. 0=Less than .1 percent.
1/ Trego is a Hard White Winter variety.

Table 2-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES, SPECIFIED YEARS
VARIETY BY SPECIFIED YEARS
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
Jagger -- -- -- 1 .0 6 .4 20 .2 29 .2 34 .0 35 .8 42 .8
2137 -- -- -- -- 1 .0 13 .5 22 .0 23 .1 22 .3 15 .5
Karl/Karl 92 23 .0 23 .6 22 .4 20 .9 22 .1 10 .8 5 .9 3 .5 3 .3 3 .6
2174 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 .1 3 .0 3 .1
TAM 110 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .5 1 .3 2 .8 3 .0
TAM 107 19 .8 19 .0 20 .6 17 .1 17 .0 12 .6 8 .3 6 .3 5 .3 2 .9
Ike -- -- 0 .9 7 .2 10 .5 7 .0 5 .5 4 .1 3 .6 2 .6
Dominator -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .8 1 .4 1 .5 2 .0
2163 9 .0 13 .8 17 .1 19 .8 15 .4 10 .4 3 .4 2 .3 2 .0 1 .3
Vista -- -- 0 .3 0 .8 1 .2 1 .1 0 .9 0 .9 1 .0 0 .9
Larned 8 .3 8 .3 7 .6 4 .8 3 .6 2 .4 1 .9 1 .2 1 .0 0 .9
Trego 1/ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .3 0 .8
T81 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .2 0 .8
Coronado -- -- -- -- -- 0 .8 1 .3 1 .0 1 .1 0 .7
Thunderbolt -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .6
7853 1 .4 2 .1 3 .7 4 .6 4 .0 3 .4 1 .9 1 .5 0 .9 0 .4
Ogallala -- -- 0 .2 1 .5 1 .3 0 .8 0 .7 0 .8 0 .4 0 .4
Akron -- -- -- -- -- 0 .4 0 .8 1 .0 0 .4 0 .4
Alliance -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .1 0 .3 0 .5 0 .3
Tomahawk 1 .5 6 .2 7 .0 4 .7 3 .1 1 .8 1 .2 0 .8 0 .4 0 .3
Pecos -- 0 .2 1 .1 1 .8 1 .6 1 .6 0 .9 0 .7 0 .4 0 .2
Niobrara -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .5 0 .3 0 .2
Big Dawg -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .4 0 .5 0 .3 0 .2
Prairie Red -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .1 0 .2
Eagle 1 .0 1 .1 1 .1 0 .6 0 .5 0 .4 0 .3 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2
Onaga -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .1 0 .1 0 .2 0 .2
Scout/Scout 66 1 .3 1 .3 1 .0 1 .2 0 .8 0 .7 0 .5 0 .3 0 .1 0 .2
Longhorn -- 0 .6 0 .7 0 .5 0 .3 0 .2 0 .1 0 .2 0 .1 0 .2
Blends -- -- -- -- -- 2 .6 6 .1 7 .5 7 .0 11 .4
Hard White Varieties -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .5 0 .3
Other Hard Varieties 34 .4 23 .4 16 .2 13 .3 10 .9 8 .9 7 .2 5 .0 4 .8 3 .3
Other Soft Varieties 0 .3 0 .4 0 .1 0 .2 0 .3 -- -- -- -- 0 .1
    Total 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0
NOTE: -- = Data not available for variety or blends, or acreage is included in Other Hard Varieties.
1/ Trego is a Hard White Winter variety.

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