Kansas Wheat Varieties - Publication

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Kansas Wheat Varieties
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Media Contact: Doug Bounds (800) 582-6443

Released: March 2018

Everest on Top for Sixth Consecutive Year
Everest maintained its position as the leading variety of wheat
seeded in Kansas for the sixth consecutive year. Its share of all
Kansas wheat fell for the third straight year, accounting for
9.3 percent of the State’s 2018 wheat planted acres. SY
Monument, at 6.6 percent, overtook T158 for second most
popular variety. T158 ranked third at 6.1 percent and has grown
in popularity since 2011. WB Grainfield moved into fourth place,
with 5.5 percent, from fifth last year. Winterhawk dropped in
percentage for the first time in nine years, though only slightly,
sitting in fifth place with 4.2 percent of acres planted. After taking
a fall in percentage last year, Gallagher rose to 4.0 percent,
taking sixth place. LCS Mint came in seventh at 3.5 percent.
New to the top ten is Byrd at 2.8 percent, rising from twelfth
place last year to eighth place this year. TAM 112 and TAM 111
round out the top ten, with 2.4 and 1.9 percent respectively.

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the
rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 12.2 percent of the
State’s planted acreage, which is down from 14.3 percent last
year. Hard white varieties accounted for 4.7 percent of the
State’s acreage, up from 2.9 percent last year. Joe was the
leading hard white variety at 1.9 percent, followed closely by
Danby at 1.7 percent.
There were 2,712 positive reports summarized for this year’s
Wheat Varieties survey.
This Wheat Variety project is funded by the Kansas Wheat
Commission.

Top Five Wheat Varieties in Kansas, by District, 2018 Crop Year
Percent of Seeded Acreage

WB Grainfield
Byrd
Winterhawk
TAM 114
Denali

T158
WB Grainfield
Byrd
Joe1
TAM 112

T158
Danby1
Winterhawk
TAM 112
TAM 111

1

11.8
10.9
10.5
4.9
4.6

13.9
9.2
8.3
7.2
5.8

13.9
9.4
7.6
7.3
6.7

Hard White Winter Variety.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations

SY Monument
Everest
WB Grainfield
Winterhawk
SY Wolf

13.1
8.3
6.7
3.8
3.4

SY Monument
Everest
WB Grainfield
WB 4458
T158

11.3
9.7
6.3
5.1
4.0

Gallagher
Everest
SY Monument
LCS Mint
Doublestop CL Plus

12.8
10.8
9.2
6.0
3.3

Everest
1863
Zenda
(D)
2137

Everest
SY Monument
Zenda
WB Cedar
WB 4303

Everest
Zenda
Gallagher
Pioneer 25R78
(D)

33.5
3.1
3.0
(D)
1.9

34.8
11.3
3.3
2.8
2.1

60.8
6.2
2.8
1.2
(D)

Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2018 Crop Year
Agricultural Statistics District
Variety

NW

WC

SW

NC

C

SC

NE

EC

SE

State

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest

*

0.5

3.9

8.3

9.7

10.8

33.5

34.8

60.8

9.3

SY Monument

2.5

1.8

1.1

13.1

11.3

9.2

1.4

11.3

0.7

6.6

T158

4.0

13.9

13.9

2.0

4.0

2.3

(D)

*

*

6.1

WB Grainfield

11.8

9.2

5.4

6.7

6.3

1.4

*

*

(D)

5.5

Winterhawk

10.5

2.6

7.6

3.8

1.7

3.1

(D)

*

*

4.2

Gallagher

(D)

*

(D)

(D)

2.7

12.8

*

*

2.8

4.0

LCS Mint

4.2

3.5

2.8

1.5

2.5

6.0

*

*

*

3.5

10.9

8.3

3.0

*

*

(D)

*

*

*

2.8

TAM 112

2.9

5.8

7.3

(D)

(D)

0.3

*

*

*

2.4

TAM 111

1.7

2.3

6.7

0.8

(D)

0.4

*

(D)

*

1.9

Joe1

2.1

7.2

3.9

*

*

(D)

*

*

*

1.9

WB 4458

*

(D)

0.2

1.1

5.1

3.2

(D)

*

(D)

1.8

TAM 114

4.9

2.9

2.8

0.7

0.4

1.1

*

*

*

1.8

Danby1

(D)

0.9

9.4

*

*

*

*

*

*

1.7

WB Cedar

0.5

1.2

0.4

1.5

2.0

3.3

(D)

2.8

0.6

1.7

*

*

0.5

(D)

1.5

3.3

*

*

(D)

1.3

Oakley CL

2.6

4.9

2.0

(D)

0.3

*

*

*

*

1.3

Zenda

(D)

*

*

1.5

1.6

1.9

3.0

3.3

6.2

1.3

Denali

4.6

2.4

0.9

0.4

1.0

(D)

*

(D)

(D)

1.2

SY Wolf

2.5

0.5

0.6

3.4

1.0

*

1.7

0.7

*

1.0

LCS Chrome

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.3

2.0

(D)

(D)

*

0.8

Kanmark

0.9

1.5

0.3

0.4

1.8

0.4

*

*

*

0.8

1863

0.8

(D)

(D)

1.1

0.5

1.0

3.1

(D)

(D)

0.7

Jagger

(D)

(D)

0.3

0.8

0.1

1.6

(D)

1.1

(D)

0.7

*

*

0.6

*

*

2.1

*

*

(D)

0.6

Avery

2.3

0.8

(D)

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5

Postrock

(D)

(D)

(D)

0.8

1.5

(D)

*

*

*

0.4

*

*

*

0.9

1.4

0.2

*

*

*

0.4

Larry

(D)

(D)

*

(D)

0.7

0.9

*

*

(D)

0.4

LCS Pistol

(D)

1.5

(D)

(D)

0.3

0.3

*

*

*

0.4

WB 4515

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

0.7

(D)

*

*

*

0.3

AP503CL2

(D)

*

*

(D)

(D)

0.8

*

*

*

0.3

Blends

5.6

9.0

2.4

27.9

22.5

10.3

16.0

17.7

4.7

12.2

Other Hard White Varieties

(D)

(D)

3.8

*

(D)

(D)

(D)

*

(D)

1.1

24.3

18.9

19.9

22.7

19.1

21.3

41.3

28.3

20.6

18.8

(D)

(D)

(D)

*

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

3.6

0.3

Byrd

Doublestop CL Plus

Endurance

SY Flint

Other Hard Red Varieties
All Soft Red Varieties

* = No reports of variety in the District.
(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations, data is included in Other Hard Red Varieties or Other Hard White Varieties.
1
Hard White Winter Variety.

Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by Crop Year, 2009 - 2018
Crop Year
Variety

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest

--

--

1.1

8.0

14.3

14.3

15.8

12.2

9.6

9.3

SY Monument

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.5

2.6

6.6

T158

--

--

0.3

1.6

3.4

5.0

5.1

5.8

5.9

6.1

WB Grainfield

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.3

1.3

3.9

5.5

0.0

0.5

0.8

0.9

1.7

2.9

3.8

4.7

4.8

4.2

Gallagher

--

--

--

--

--

0.2

1.1

3.3

2.8

4.0

LCS Mint

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.9

3.2

4.3

3.5

Winterhawk

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.0

0.7

2.0

2.1

2.8

TAM 112

2.0

3.4

3.8

5.2

5.1

4.6

4.0

4.2

2.7

2.4

TAM 111

Byrd

6.8

9.9

11.6

12.6

10.8

11.6

9.1

5.7

3.9

1.9

Joe1

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.1

1.9

WB 4458

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.3

1.0

1.4

1.8

TAM 114

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.2

0.1

0.8

1.8

0.7

1.5

1.0

1.3

1.0

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.0

1.7

WB Cedar

--

--

--

0.0

0.0

2.2

4.9

4.5

2.4

1.7

Doublestop CL Plus

--

--

--

--

--

0.1

0.4

0.9

1.3

1.3

Oakley CL

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.1

0.3

1.3

Zenda

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

1.3

Denali

--

--

--

--

0.1

1.0

1.8

2.1

2.5

1.2

SY Wolf

--

--

--

0.1

0.2

0.7

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.0

LCS Chrome

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.2

0.8

Kanmark

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.3

0.5

0.8

1863

--

--

--

--

--

0.3

0.9

0.8

0.8

0.7

Jagger

8.5

5.1

3.7

2.5

2.0

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.9

0.7

Endurance

0.4

1.4

2.3

2.1

2.6

1.8

1.6

1.6

0.6

0.6

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.5

6.0

8.0

7.4

4.9

3.2

2.2

1.3

0.6

0.5

0.4

SY Flint

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.0

0.2

0.4

Larry

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.4

LCS Pistol

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.1

0.4

0.4

WB 4515

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

--

0.3

AP503 CL2

--

--

--

0.2

0.5

0.4

1.0

0.7

0.5

0.3

10.7

11.6

11.1

9.0

8.8

10.4

9.6

10.7

14.3

12.2

Danby1

Avery
Postrock

Blends
Other Hard White Varieties
Other Hard Red Varieties
All Soft Red Varieties

0.3

0.4

1.2

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.9

1.9

1.1

64.5

58.1

55.6

50.4

44.9

38.2

32.1

28.0

24.6

18.8

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.7

0.3

-- = Acreage is included in Other Hard Varieties if variety was available.
0.0 = Less than 0.1 percent of variety.
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Hard White Winter Variety.

Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2017 - 2018 Crop Years

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