KA NSAS

A GRICULTURA L

STATISTICS SERVICE

Fact Finders

For Agriculture

WHEAT

VARIETY

Kansas Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture

PO Box 3534

Topeka, Kansas 66601-3534

Phone: 785-233-2230

w w w .nass.usda.gov/ks

Released: February 5, 2007

Overley Captures Number One

Overley became the leading variety of w heat seeded

in Kansas for the 2007 crop. Jagalene held this

position last year. Accounting for 23.3 percent of

the State’s w heat, Overley increased 8 points from

a year ago and w as the most popular variety in four

of the nine districts. Jagalene moved dow n to

second place, w ith 23.1 percent of the acreage.

Jagalene decreased 4.1 points but w as the most

popular variety in four of the nine districts. Jagger

came in third at 17.1 percent, dow n 2.6 points.

TAM 111 moved up to fourth place, w ith 4.0

percent of the acreage. The KSU maintained variety

2137 moved dow n to fifth place w ith 2.9 percent

of the acreage. Cutter moved up to sixth place w ith

2.1 percent of the acreage. T81 dropped to

seventh place at 2.0 percent w hile TAM 110 moved

down to eighth place at 1.5 percent.

Sante Fe moved up to ninth place w ith 1.3 percent

of the State’s acreage. Ike rounded out the top ten

at 1.2 percent. Acres planted w ith blended

varieties w ere not included in the rankings by

variety. Blends accounted for 10.4 percent of the

State’ s planted acres and w ere used more

extensively in the north central, northeast, and

central areas of the State. Out of the total acres

planted w ith blends, 62.1 percent included Jagger

in the blend, 51.0 percent had Jagalene in the

blend, and 39.6 included Overley. Hard White

varieties accounted for 1.7 percent of the State’s

acreage. Danby w as the leading Hard White

variety, accounting for 41 percent of the State’s

w hite wheat. The majority of the white wheat w as

planted in the w estern third of the State. This

Wheat Variety project is funded by the Kansas

Wheat Commission.

Leading Wheat Varieties in Kansas, 2007 Crop

Percent of Seeded Acreage, By District s

Jagalene

Jagger

TA M 111

Overley

W esley

38.3

17.4

 8.8

 3.8

 3.2

Jagalene

Jagger

Overley

2137

Karl/Karl 92

21.9

16.2

13.8

 6.1

 4.9

Overley

Karl/Karl 92

2145

Jagger

2137

19.3

14.0

12.9

12.1

 9.4

Jagalene

TA M 111

Jagger

TA M 110

T8 1

35.7

11.4

 9.7

 8.6

 6.7

Overley

Jagalene

Jagger

2137

Sante Fe

30.8

23.5

15.9

 4.9

 2.5

Jagger

Overley

Jagalene

2137

2145

20.5

19.5

18.3

14.3

 8.7

Jagalene

TA M 111

Jagger

T8 1

TA M 110

29.5

17.0

15.9

 9.9

 5.7

Overley

Jagger

Jagalene

Cutter

2174

38.0

20.0

16.4

 3.6

 2.1

Overley

Jagger

Onago

2137

Sante Fe

29.4

18.1

14.0

 8.5

 6.6

State

Top Ten Varieties

1. Overley 23.3 6. Cutter 2.1

2. Jagalene 23.1 7. T81 2.0

3. Jagger 17.1 8. TA M 110 1.5

4. TA M 111 4.0 9. Sante Fe 1.3

5. 2137 2.9 10. Ike 1.2
Distribution of Kansas W inter W heat Varieties, 2007 Crop

Variet y

Agricultural Statistics District s

NW W C SW NC C SC NE EC SE St ate

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Overley 3 .8 0 .8 0 .4 13.8 30.8 38.0 19.3 19.5 29.4 23.3

Jagalene 38.3 35.7 29.5 21.9 23.5 16.4 8 .8 18.3 5 .8 23.1

Jagger 17.4 9.7 15.9 16.2 15.9 20.0 12.1 20.5 18.1 17.1

TA M 111 8.8 11.4 17.0 0.7 0.8 0.2 * * * 4.0

2137 2.3 2.1 1.7 6.1 4.9 1.1 9.4 14.3 8.5 2.9

Cutter 0.4 0.4 * 1.9 2.2 3.6 0.1 * * 2.1

T81 1.3 6.7 9.9 1.1 * 0.1 * 1.0 * 2.0

TA M 110 1.1 8.6 5.7 0.0 0.0 * * * * 1.5

Santa Fe 0.1 * * 1.9 2.5 1.1 2.2 2.0 6.6 1.3

Ike 1.6 1.3 4.4 0.1 0.3 1.1 * * * 1.2

2174 * 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.9 2.1 * 2.9 2.8 1.1

Karl/Karl 92 0.1 * 0.6 4.9 0.8 0.4 14.0 2.0 0.7 1.0

Danby 2.2 0.7 3.7 0.2 * * * * * 0.7 1

2145 * * * 1.1 0.6 0.5 12.9 8.7 1.0 0.5

Trego 0.3 1.1 2.9 0.1 0.1 * * * * 0.5 1

TA M 112 0.1 5.2 0.1 * * * * * * 0.4

Dominator * * * 1.5 1.2 * 1.3 0.5 * 0.4

W esley 3.2 * * 1.0 0.0 0.3 * * * 0.4

Thunderbolt 2.8 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 * * * 0.4

Prot ect ion * * 0 .2 0 .1 0 .7 0 .4 0 .0 * * 0 .3

Larned 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 * * * 0.3

Coronado * * * * 0.1 0.6 * * * 0.2

2163 * * * 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 2.9 2.0 0.2

NuHills 0.4 0.5 1.1 * * * * * * 0.2 1

Onaga * * * * * * * * 14.0 0.2

T83 0.3 1.7 0.2 * * 0.1 * * * 0.2

NuFrontier 1.0 1.5 * * * * * * * 0.2 1

Stanton 0.5 1.3 0.2 * * * * * * 0.2

Blends 7 .0 4 .8 4 .1 24.2 10.6 10.5 14.4 3 .4 1 .6 10.4

Other Hard W hite Varieties 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1

Other Hard Red Varieties 6.4 4.7 2.1 2.8 2.6 3.0 5.0 4.0 5.2 3.5

All Soft Red Varieties * * * * * * * * 4.3 0.1

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

NOTE: * = Variet y not reported in this district and 0= Less than .1 percent.

 Hard W hite W inter variet y. 1
Distribution of Kansas W inter W heat Varieties, 1998-2007

Variet y

By Crop Year

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Overley -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 2.2 15.3 23.3

Jagalene -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.0 21.2 27.2 23.1

Jagger 20.2 29.2 34.0 35.8 42.8 45.2 40.9 28.2 19.7 17.1

TA M 111 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 2.2 4.0

2137 13.5 22.0 23.1 22.3 15.5 13.3 8.6 5.7 3.1 2.9

Cutter -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 1.7 1.6 2.1

T81 -- -- 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 1.8 1.6 2.6 2.0

TA M 110 -- 0.5 1.3 2.8 3.0 3.8 4.2 3.3 2.2 1.5

Santa Fe -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 1.3

Ike 7.0 5.5 4.1 3.6 2.6 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.2

2174 -- -- 1.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.0 1.2 1.1

Karl/Karl 92 10.8 5.9 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.2 2.3 1.5 1.1 1.0

Danby -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 1

2145 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.5 2.2 0.8 0.5

Trego -- -- -- 0.3 0.8 1.8 3.5 2.9 0.4 0.5 1

TA M 112 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.4

Dominator 0.2 0.8 1.4 1.5 2.0 2.2 1.5 1.1 0.8 0.4

W esley -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4

Thunderbolt -- -- -- 0.2 0.6 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.1 0.4

Protection -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.3

Larned 2.4 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3

Coronado 0.8 1.3 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.2

2163 10.4 3.4 2.3 2.0 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

NuHills -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.6 0.2 1

Onaga -- 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

T83 -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 -- 0.1 0.2

NuFrontier -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.2 1

Stanton -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.6 1.4 1.4 0.8 0.2

Blends 2 .6 6 .1 7 .5 7 .0 11.5 12.8 15.2 11.3 10.0 10.4

Other Hard W hite Varieties -- -- 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.1

Other Hard Red Varieties 32.1 23.3 18.9 15.0 10.0 6.6 6.2 7.3 5.5 3.5

All Soft Red Varieties 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 2

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

NOTE: -- = Data not available for variet y or acreage is included in Ot her Hard Varieties.

 Hard White W inter variet y. 0 = less than .1 percent.

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Kansas Department of Agriculture

Statistics Division

PO Box 3534

Topeka KS 66601-3534