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Kansas Wheat Crop is Predicted Fourteen Percent Larger than 2015 Harvest at 382.4 Million Bushels

Fri, 06 May 2016 05:27:37 CDT

Kansas Wheat Crop is Predicted Fourteen Percent Larger than 2015 Harvest at 382.4 Million Bushels The 2016 Hard Winter Wheat Tour was uplifting for participants because calculated yields were higher than anticipated, disease pressure was lower than expected, and the three days of the tour had some of the best weather so far this spring. The three-day average was 48.6 bushels an acre, nearly a 13 bushel increase from last year.


The official tour projection for total production numbers of hard red winter wheat to be harvested in Kansas is 382.4 million bushels. This number is calculated based on the average of estimated predictions from tour participants who gathered information from 655 fields across the state. The production estimate for 2016 is fourteen percent higher than the 334.4 million bushels produced in 2015, while it is 55% higher than the drought damaged crop of 2014, when Kansas produced just 246.4 million bushels.


According to Kansas Wheat officials, even though the crop is about 10 days to two weeks ahead of average, harvest still won't begin for 30 to 45 days. A lot can happen during that time, and none of it is good. The wheat still needs additional moisture and cool temperatures to realize that yield potential.


The last time yield reached 48 bushels per acre was in 2003, but at that time 10.5 million acres were planted to wheat. Planted acres this year are the lowest since 1957 at 8.5 million.


"There are less acres planted this year but we are seeing wheat become a higher managed crop than in the past; that's allowing us to see higher yields," said Justin Gilpin, Kansas Wheat CEO.


"One thing that was a little surprising was how many fields had been treated with fungicide to help with stripe rust," said Gilpin. "Last year stripe rust became a big yield inhibitor in Kansas, so farmers should be commended for taking steps to control the disease this year."


"This year's crop has the potential to be one of the best ever," said Ben Handcock, the retiring 25-year executive vice president for the Wheat Quality Council. "It was better than expected, with limited freeze damage and plenty of fungicide applied to prevent disease. Farmers did a very good management job to preserve yield."


The Hard Winter Wheat tour is sponsored by the Wheat Quality Council. This year's tour hosted 78 participants from across the globe in 20 vehicles while traveling across the state on six routes.


In addition to the strong Kansas predictions- the Oklahoma wheat crop is also predicted to be well above the disappointing 2015 harvest, with scouts pegging the Oklahoma hard winter crop at 130 million bushels, forty percent better than the 92.5 million bushels harvested a year ago. Click here for more on the Oklahoma prediction, released on Wednesday. The USDA will release its first estimates of the season at 11:00 AM central next Tuesday, May 10th.


Source- Kansas Wheat Website   

   





 

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