| Kansas
Wheat Statistics
1968 - 1998
The
Kansas Wheat Crop 1868 - 1998 |
| There
are indications that wheat was produced in the area now known as the
state of Kansas as early as 1839. Records of wheat production in Kansas
actually pre-date statehood (18861). Production statistics on wheat
in Kansas have been published since 1866. Each year since 1918, Kansas
Agricultural Statistics has also compiled a sketch of the Kansas wheat
crop. |
| |
Harvested
Acres |
Average
Yield per Acre |
Total
Production (Bushels) |
Average
Price Per Bushel |
Farm
Value |
| 1868
|
99,000
|
14.5
|
1,436,000
|
$1.00
|
$1,436,000
|
| 1878
|
1,705,000
|
16.0
|
27,280,000
|
$.59
|
$16,095,200
|
| 1888
|
1,090,000
|
15.0
|
16,350,000
|
$.88
|
$14,388,000
|
| 1898
|
4,580,000
|
15.0
|
68,780,000
|
$.50
|
$34,350,000
|
| 1908
|
6,770,000
|
12.5
|
84,625,000
|
$.88
|
$74,470,000
|
| 1918
|
7,250,000
|
13.5
|
97,710,000
|
$2.00
|
$195,420,000
|
| 1928
|
10,639,000
|
16.3
|
173,185,000
|
$.99
|
$171,453,000
|
| 1938
|
14,494,000
|
10.5
|
152,163,000
|
$.57
|
$86,733,000
|
| 1948
|
13,221,000
|
17.5
|
231,368,000
|
$1.97
|
$455,795,000<
|
| 1958
|
10,433,000
|
28.5
|
297,340,000
|
$1.78
|
$529,265,000
|
| 1968
|
9,751,000
|
26.0
|
253,526,000
|
$1.22
|
$309,302,000
|
| 1978
|
10,000,000
|
30.0
|
300,000,000
|
$2.89
|
$867,000,000
|
| 1988
|
9,500,000
|
34.0
|
323,000,000
|
$3.58
|
$1,156,340,000
|
| 1998
|
10,100,000
|
49.0
|
494,900,000
|
$2.55
|
$1,261,995,000
|
| Source:
Kansas Agricultural Statistics |
|
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