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WHEAT VARIETY

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

Released: February 4, 1998


JAGGER SHOOTS TO NUMBER ONE

Jagger was the leading variety of wheat seeded in Kansas for the 1998 crop, according to Kansas Agricultural Statistics. Jagger was popular in all districts, accounting for 20.2 percent of the State's wheat. Kansas State University maintained variety 2137 ranked second overall, with 13.5 percent of the acreage. It was the second leading variety in the central district and ranked in the top five in all districts but the northwest. TAM 107 dropped to third position, with 12.6 percent of the acreage. TAM 107 was the dominant variety planted in the western third of the state. Karl and improved Karl dropped to the fourth leading variety seeded in Kansas, accounting for 10.8 percent of the acreage Statewide, and was popular in the north central and eastern one-third of the State. The fifth most popular variety was 2163, with 10.5 percent of the State's acreage. The KSU maintained variety 2163 ranked in the top five varieties in all but the western districts of the State. Ike dropped from fourth most popular to sixth, with 7.0 percent. Seventh was AGSECO 7853, with 3.4 percent. Larned dropped one place to eighth, with 2.4 percent. Rounding out the top ten was AgriPro Tomahawk and AgriPro Pecos, with 1.8 percent and 1.6 percent respectively. Blends were popular in the central one third of the State, accounting for 2.8 percent of the acres planted.


District 10 District 40 District 70
TAM 107 25 .2 Karl/Karl 92 21 .1 Kar./Karl 92 53 .2
Jagger 14 .9 Jagger 15 .1 2137 12 .7
Vista 11 .6 2137 14 .7 2163 12 .0
Ike 11 .5 2163 13 .5 Jagger 10 .7
Arapahoe 5 .6 Ike 4 .6 Ike 2 .0
District 20 District 50 District 80
TAM 107 48 .4 2137 20 .9 Karl/Karl 92 42 .8
Ike 12 .2 2163 17 .1 2163 20 .2
Jagger 8 .6 Jagger 16 .4 Jagger 12 .1
Larned 5 .5 Karl/Karl 92 14 .7 2137 10 .7
2137 5 .4 Ike 6 .2 AgPro Pecos 1 .7
District 30 District 60 District 90
TAM 107 33 .7 Jagger 30 .9 Jagger 29 .6
Ike 20 .6 2137 16 .9 Karl./Karl 92 29 .3
Jagger 9 .7 2163 14 .1 2137 14 .9
Larned 7 .9 Karl/Karl 92 10 .9 2163 11 .2
2137 4 .0 AGSECO 7853 5 .6 AGSECO 7853 4 .6

STATE
Top Ten Varieties
1. Jagger 20.2 6. Ike 7.0
2. 2137 13.5 7. AGSECO 7853 3.4
3. TAM 107 12.6 8. Larned 2.4
4. Karl/Karl 92 10.8 9. AgPro Tomahawk 1.8
5. 2163 10.5 10. AgPro Pecos 1.6


Table 1-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES, 1998 CROP
VARIETY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS
NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
JAGGER 14 .9 8 .6 9 .7 15 .1 16 .4 30 .9 10 .7 12 .1 29 .6 20 .2
2137 5 .5 5 .4 4 .0 14 .7 20 .9 16 .9 12 .7 10 .7 14 .9 13 .5
TAM 107 25 .2 48 .4 33 .7 1 .5 3 .1 0 .7 - 0 .5 0 .4 12 .6
KARL/KARL 92 5 .3 3 .1 1 .4 21 .1 14 .7 10 .9 53 .2 42 .8 29 .3 10 .8
2163 1 .3 1 .4 0 .7 13 .5 17 .1 14 .1 12 .0 20 .2 11 .2 10 .5
IKE 11 .5 12 .2 20 .6 4 .6 6 .2 1 .5 2 .0 0 .1 0 .8 7 .0
AGSECO-7853 1 .0 0 .7 3 .0 1 .5 2 .8 5 .6 0 .4 1 .4 4 .6 3 .4
LARNED 2 .9 5 .5 7 .9 0 .6 1 .7 0 .4 0 .0 0 .0 0 .1 2 .4
AGRIPRO-TOMAHAWK 1 .1 1 .1 1 .2 4 .3 2 .4 1 .5 0 .8 0 .6 2 .3 1 .8
AGRIPRI-PECOS - - - 0 .6 1 .0 3 .4 0 .1 1 .7 0 .6 1 .6
VISTA 11 .6 1 .4 0 .0 0 .5 0 .2 - - - 0 .0 1 .1
AGRIPRO-CORONADO - 0 .0 0 .0 0 .4 0 .5 1 .7 0 .0 0 .2 1 .0 0 .8
AGRIPRO-OGALALA 2 .1 1 .6 2 .0 0 .6 0 .3 0 .3 - - - 0 .8
SCOUT/SCOUT66 1 .4 0 .7 3 .5 0 .0 0 .1 0 .0 0 .1 0 .0 0 .0 0 .7
AGRIPRO-HICKOCK - 0 .0 0 .1 0 .4 0 .7 1 .2 0 .1 0 .4 0 .6 0 .6
AGRIPRO-VICTORY 0 .0 0 .2 0 .0 1 .6 1 .0 0 .6 0 .1 1 .3 0 .0 0 .6
2180 - 0 .0 0 .9 0 .0 0 .3 0 .8 0 .1 - 0 .0 0 .5
AGRIPRO-THUNDERBIRD 0 .8 0 .9 0 .4 0 .4 0 .4 0 .4 0 .2 0 .3 0 .6 0 .5
ARAPAHOE 5 .6 0 .4 0 .1 0 .6 0 .1 0 .0 0 .4 - - 0 .5
CHAMP 0 .0 0 .1 0 .0 4 .0 0 .5 0 .0 1 .4 0 .5 - 0 .5
AKRON-HRW 0 .9 1 .6 0 .9 0 .0 0 .1 0 .2 - 0 .3 - 0 .4
EAGLE 0 .6 0 .7 1 .6 0 .1 0 .3 0 .1 - - - 0 .4
TAM 200 0 .1 2 .0 1 .1 0 .2 0 .1 0 .0 - - - 0 .4
TRIUMPH/TRIUMPH 64 - - - - 0 .1 0 .9 - - 0 .0 0 .4
NEWTON 1 .9 0 .2 0 .3 0 .5 0 .2 0 .1 0 .4 0 .5 0 .1 0 .3
AGRIPRO BIG DAWG 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .1 0 .1 0 .3 0 .1 0 .0 0 .3 0 .2
AGRIPRO-LAREDO 0 .4 0 .2 0 .5 0 .2 0 .1 0 .1 0 .0 - - 0 .2
AGRIPRO-LONGHORN 0 .4 - 0 .7 0 .1 0 .0 0 .0 - - 0 .2 0 .2
AGSECO-7805 - 0 .0 0 .8 0 .1 0 .0 0 .1 - - 0 .0 0 .2
AGSECO-MANKATO - 0 .0 - 1 .3 0 .4 0 .1 0 .2 0 .2 0 .0 0 .2
DOMINATOR - - - 1 .1 0 .7 0 .0 1 .5 1 .2 - 0 .2
OTHER HARD VARIETIES 5 .5 3 .2 4 .9 10 .3 7 .5 7 .2 3 .5 5 .0 3 .3 6 .6
OTHER SOFT VARIETIES - - - - - - 0 .0 - 0 .1 0 .0
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.

Table 2-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES, SPECIFIED YEARS
VARIETY 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
Jagger - - - - - - - 1 .0 6 .4 20 .2
2137 - - - - - - - - 1 .0 13 .5
TAM 107 9 .5 14 .7 15 .4 18 .3 19 .8 19 .0 20 .6 17 .1 17 .0 12 .6
Karl/Karl 92 - 0 .7 5 .9 11 .5 23 .0 23 .6 22 .4 20 .9 22 .1 10 .8
2163 - 0 .8 2 .6 4 .6 9 .0 13 .8 17 .1 19 .8 15 .4 10 .4
Ike - - - - - - 0 .9 7 .2 10 .5 7 .0
AGSECO-7853 - - - 0 .2 1 .4 2 .1 3 .7 4 .6 4 .0 3 .4
Larned 9 .7 10 .7 11 .6 8 .9 8 .3 8 .3 7 .6 4 .8 3 .6 2 .4
AgriPro Tomahawk - - - - 1 .5 6 .2 7 .0 4 .7 3 .1 1 .8
AgriPro Pecos - - - - - 0 .2 1 .1 1 .8 1 .6 1 .6
Vista - - - - - - 0 .3 0 .8 1 .2 1 .1
AgriPro Coronado - - - - - - - - - 0 .8
AgriPro Ogalala - - - - - - 0 .2 1 .5 1 .3 0 .8
Scout/Scout 66 1 .8 1 .9 1 .6 1 .8 1 .3 1 .3 1 .0 1 .2 0 .8 0 .7
AgriPro Victory 8 .2 7 .7 8 .2 10 .2 8 .1 3 .9 2 .2 1 .1 0 .7 0 .6
AgriPro Hickock - - - - - - - 0 .3 1 .0 0 .6
Arapahoe - 0 .1 0 .1 0 .3 0 .2 0 .8 0 .8 1 .0 1 .1 0 .5
AgriPro Thunderbird 7 .3 9 .3 9 .0 7 .5 5 .5 3 .4 2 .6 1 .5 1 .0 0 .5
2180 - 0 .5 1 .6 1 .5 1 .7 1 .4 1 .3 1 .0 0 .5 0 .5
Champ - - - - - - - - 0 .4 0 .5
TAM 200 0 .9 6 .1 5 .9 4 .5 3 .2 2 .2 1 .4 1 .3 0 .4 0 .4
Triumph/Triumph 64 1 .0 0 .9 0 .5 0 .5 0 .3 0 .3 0 .3 0 .2 0 .2 0 .4
Eagle 1 .8 1 .6 1 .1 1 .6 1 .0 1 .1 1 .1 0 .6 0 .5 0 .4
Akron-HRW - - - - - - - - - 0 .4
Newton 11 .6 8 .3 7 .6 5 .8 3 .1 2 .5 1 .6 1 .3 0 .6 0 .3
AGSECO-7805 - 0 .1 - 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2 0 .2
AgriPro Longhorn - - - - - 0 .6 0 .7 0 .5 0 .3 0 .2
AgriPro Big Dawg - - - - - - - - - 0 .2
AgriPro Laredo - - - - - - 0 .8 0 .6 0 .6 0 .2
AGSECO Mankato - - - - - - - - - 0 .2
Dominator - - - - - - - - - 0 .2
Other Hard Varieties 47 .8 35 .9 28 .2 22 .4 12 .1 8 .7 5 .0 4 .8 4 .2 6 .6
Other Soft Varieties 0 .4 0 .7 0 .7 0 .2 0 .3 0 .4 0 .1 0 .2 0 .3 0 .0
TOTAL 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0 100 .0

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