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WHEAT VARIETY

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

Released: February 4, 1999

Jagger was the leading variety of wheat seeded in Kansas for the 1999 crop, according to Kansas Agricultural Statistics. Jagger gained popularity in all districts, accounting for 29.2 percent of the State's wheat. The second leading variety was 2137, with 22.0 percent of the acreage. It ranked first or second in the eastern two-thirds of the State and gained favor with producers in the western one- third as well. TAM 107 remained in third position, with 8.3 percent of the acreage. TAM 107 was the dominant variety planted in the western third of the State. Karl and improved Karl continued the fourth leading variety seeded in Kansas, but dropped to 5.9 percent of the acreage Statewide. The fifth most popular variety was Ike, with 5.5 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, and accounted for 3.4 percent. Seventh was AGSECO 7853, with 1.9 percent. Larned held on to eighth, also with 1.9 percent. Rounding out the top ten was AgriPro Coronado and AgriPro Tomahawk, with 1.3 percent and 1.2 percent respectively. Blends were used more extensively in the central one third of the State, accounting for 6.1 percent of the acres planted Statewide.

District 10 District 40 District 70
Jagger 21 .0 2137 23 .2 2137 37 .7
TAM 107 20 .6 Jagger 20 .2 Karl/Karl 92 29 .5
2137 10 .8 Karl/Karl 92 16 .4 Jagger 11 .5
Vista 10 .7 2163 4 .1 Dominator 6 .5
Ike 7 .9 AgripPro Tomahawk 3 .3 2163 4 .6
District 20 District 50 District 80
TAM 107 33 .5 2137 32 .2 Karl/Karl 92 26 .7
Jagger 14 .6 Jagger 24 .3 2137 26 .1
2137 13 .4 Karl/Karl 92 9 .1 Jagger 16 .7
Ike 11 .6 2163 5 .4 2163 10 .0
Akron-HRW 4 .2 Ike 4 .0 Dominator 1 .6
District 30 District 60 District 90
TAM 107 23 .8 Jagger 43 .0 Jagger 45 .0
Ike 20 .3 2137 24 .1 2137 22 .2
Jagger 14 .3 Karl/Karl 92 4 .1 Karl/Karl 92 13 .1
2137 8 .2 2163 4 .1 2163 3 .9
Larned 5 .8 AGSECO 7853 2 .5 AGSECO 7853 2 .1

STATE
Top Ten Varieties
1. Jagger 29.2 6. 2163 3.4
2. 2137 22.0 7. AGSECO 7853 1.9
3. TAM 107 8.3 8. Larned 1.9
4. Karl/Karl 92 5.9 9. AgriPro Coronado 1.3
5. Ike 5.5 10. AgriPro Tomahawk 1.2
Table 1-- DISTRIBUTION OF KANSAS WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES, 1999 CROP
VARIETY AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS DISTRICTS
NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
Jagger 21 .0 14 .6 14 .3 20 .2 24 .3 43 .0 11 .5 16 .7 45 .0 29 .2
2137 10 .8 13 .4 8 .2 23 .2 32 .2 24 .1 37 .7 26 .1 22 .2 22 .0
TAM 107 20 .6 33 .5 23 .8 0 .5 2 .8 0 .8 0 .2 0 .3 0 .2 8 .3
Karl/Karl 92 2 .3 2 .2 0 .9 16 .4 9 .1 4 .1 29 .5 26 .7 13 .1 5 .9
Ike 7 .9 11 .6 20 .3 1 .9 4 .0 1 .0 1 .0 -- 0 .2 5 .5
2163 0 .7 0 .6 0 .2 4 .1 5 .4 4 .1 4 .6 10 .0 3 .9 3 .4
AGSECO 7853 0 .2 0 .6 3 .6 0 .8 1 .7 2 .5 0 .3 1 .5 2 .1 1 .9
Larned 5 .1 3 .7 5 .8 0 .4 1 .3 0 .5 -- 0 .1 0 .4 1 .9
AgPro Coronado -- 0 .3 -- 0 .4 1 .3 2 .4 0 .0 0 .5 1 .8 1 .3
AgPro Tomahawk 0 .6 0 .5 0 .0 3 .3 1 .2 1 .3 0 .1 1 .6 1 .3 1 .2
AgPro Pecos -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .8 1 .8 0 .4 0 .8 0 .2 0 .9
Vista 10 .7 0 .7 -- 0 .3 0 .5 -- -- -- -- 0 .9
Akron-HRW 1 .0 4 .2 2 .7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 .8
Dominator 0 .1 -- -- 2 .7 1 .9 0 .1 6 .5 1 .6 0 .3 0 .8
AgPro Ogalala 1 .0 2 .0 1 .3 0 .8 0 .5 0 .3 -- -- -- 0 .7
Scout/Scout 66 0 .5 1 .1 2 .9 0 .1 0 .1 0 .0 -- -- -- 0 .5
TAM 110 0 .3 1 .7 2 .7 0 .1 0 .0 -- -- -- 0 .2 0 .5
AgPro Abilene 0 .2 0 .1 0 .3 0 .3 0 .4 0 .5 0 .1 0 .2 0 .6 0 .4
AgPro Big Dawg -- -- 0 .2 0 .2 0 .5 0 .6 -- 0 .0 0 .4 0 .4
Arapaho 5 .2 0 .1 -- 0 .6 0 .1 -- -- -- -- 0 .4
Newton 2 .2 0 .4 0 .4 0 .7 0 .4 0 .0 0 .8 0 .6 0 .0 0 .4
AgPro Victory -- -- 0 .0 1 .2 0 .2 0 .2 0 .1 1 .1 0 .3 0 .3
Champ 0 .1 0 .0 0 .0 2 .5 0 .3 0 .0 1 .1 -- -- 0 .3
Eagle 0 .9 0 .7 1 .2 0 .1 0 .1 0 .1 -- -- 0 .4 0 .3
TAM 105 0 .4 0 .7 1 .6 0 .2 0 .0 0 .1 0 .0 0 .5 0 .1 0 .3
AgPro Hickock -- 0 .1 0 .2 0 .1 0 .3 0 .3 0 .1 -- -- 0 .2
AgPro Laredo 0 .3 0 .3 0 .7 0 .3 -- -- -- -- -- 0 .2
AgPro Thunderbird 0 .1 -- 0 .4 0 .0 0 .2 0 .3 -- 0 .1 0 .8 0 .2
AGSECO Mankato -- 0 .0 0 .0 0 .6 0 .3 0 .2 -- -- -- 0 .2
Blends 2 .5 2 .8 2 .5 12 .4 6 .8 6 .9 1 .6 6 .9 1 .0 6 .1
Other Hard Varieties 5 .3 4 .1 5 .8 5 .4 3 .3 4 .8 4 .3 3 .8 5 .4 4 .6
Other Soft Varieties 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .0 0 .1 0 .9 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 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
PERCENT OF SEEDED ACREAGE
Jagger - - - - - - 1 .0 6 .4 20 .2 29 .2
2137 - - - - - - - 1 .0 13 .5 22 .0
TAM 107 14 .7 15 .4 18 .3 19 .8 19 .0 20 .6 17 .1 17 .0 12 .6 8 .3
Karl/Karl 92 0 .7 5 .9 11 .5 23 .0 23 .6 22 .4 20 .9 22 .1 10 .8 5 .9
Ike - - - - - 0 .9 7 .2 10 .5 7 .0 5 .5
2163 0 .8 2 .6 4 .6 9 .0 13 .8 17 .1 19 .8 15 .4 10 .4 3 .4
AGSECO-7853 - - 0 .2 1 .4 2 .1 3 .7 4 .6 4 .0 3 .4 1 .9
Larned 10 .7 11 .6 8 .9 8 .3 8 .3 7 .6 4 .8 3 .6 2 .4 1 .9
AgriPro Coronado - - - - - - - - 0 .8 1 .3
AgriPro Tomahawk - - - 1 .5 6 .2 7 .0 4 .7 3 .1 1 .8 1 .2
AgriPro Pecos - - - - 0 .2 1 .1 1 .8 1 .6 1 .6 0 .9
Vista - - - - - 0 .3 0 .8 1 .2 1 .1 0 .9
Akron-HRW - - - - - - - - 0 .4 0 .8
Dominator - - - - - - - - 0 .2 0 .8
AgriPro Ogalala - - - - - 0 .2 1 .5 1 .3 0 .8 0 .7
Scout/Scout 66 1 .9 1 .6 1 .8 1 .3 1 .3 1 .0 1 .2 0 .8 0 .7 0 .5
TAM 110 - - - - - - - - - 0 .5
AgPro Abilene 0 .6 3 .9 4 .7 2 .2 1 .1 0 .6 0 .5 0 .4 0 .1 0 .4
AgriPro Big Dawg - - - - - - - - 0 .2 0 .4
Arapahoe 0 .1 0 .1 0 .3 0 .2 0 .8 0 .8 1 .0 1 .1 0 .5 0 .4
Newton 8 .3 7 .6 5 .8 3 .1 2 .5 1 .6 1 .3 0 .6 0 .3 0 .4
AgriPro Victory 7 .7 8 .2 10 .2 8 .1 3 .9 2 .2 1 .1 0 .7 0 .6 0 .3
Champ - - - - - - - 0 .4 0 .5 0 .3
Eagle 1 .6 1 .1 1 .6 1 .0 1 .1 1 .1 0 .6 0 .5 0 .4 0 .3
TAM 105 0 .9 1 .1 1 .0 0 .6 0 .6 - - - - 0 .3
AgriPro Hickock - - - - - - 0 .3 1 .0 0 .6 0 .2
AgriPro Laredo - - - - - 0 .8 0 .6 0 .6 0 .2 0 .2
AgriPro Thunderbird 9 .3 9 .0 7 .5 5 .5 3 .4 2 .6 1 .5 1 .0 0 .5 0 .2
AGSECO Mankato - - - - - - - - 0 .2 0 .2
Blends - - - - - - - - 2 .6 6 .1
Other Hard Varieties 42 .0 31 .2 23 .4 14 .7 11 .7 8 .3 7 .5 5 .4 5 .6 4 .6
Other Soft Varieties 0 .7 0 .7 0 .2 0 .3 0 .4 0 .1 0 .2 0 .3 0 .0 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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