United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

WHEAT VARIETIES

PO Box 3534, Topeka, KS 66601-3534

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SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE Released: February 20, 2014

Everest Still the Number One Wheat Variety for Kansas

Everest continued to be the leading variety of wheat 

seeded in Kansas, accounting for 14.3 percent of the 

State’s 2014 planted wheat acres, the same percent as 

2013. Everest, a variety developed by Kansas State

University, was the most popular variety in the eastern two 

thirds of the State. TAM 111 also retained its position as

second in the State with 11.6 percent of the acreage and is 

the leading variety in all three of the Western Districts. 

T158 jumped to third place from seventh with 5.0 percent 

of the State’s acreage, whereas TAM 112 maintained its 

position in fourth place with 4.6 percent of the acreage.

Armour dropped two places to fifth with 4.2 percent. 

Winter Hawk jumped five places to sixth with 2.9 percent. 

Duster dropped one spot to seventh place with 2.7 percent 

of the State’s acreage. WB Cedar, new to the top ten, tied 

with Postrock for eighth place with 2.2 percent. Endurance 

dropped one place to tenth with 1.8 percent. 

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the 

rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 10.4 percent of 

the State’s planted acreage and were used more 

extensively in the north central, east central and central 

areas of the State. Hard White varieties accounted for 2.8

percent of the State’s acreage, up from 2.1 

percent in 2013. Danby was the leading Hard White 

variety, accounting for just over 50 percent of the State’s 

white wheat. The majority of the white wheat was planted 

in the southwestern portion of the State.

There were 3,412 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, 2014 Crop Year

Percent of Seeded Acreage

1 Hard White Winter variety.

TAM 111 22.1

WinterHawk 9.1

Fuller 5.9

Postrock 4.7

SY Wolf 4.1

Everest 16.8

Armour 9.8

WB Cedar 4.5

SY Wolf 3.8

Postrock 3.6

Everest 29.5

Armour 11.1

TAM 111 7.0

Santa Fe 5.0

Fuller 4.1

TAM 111 20.9

TAM 112 12.8

T158 11.0

Hatcher 6.0

Postrock 2.7

Everest 25.7

Armour 9.5

TAM 111 5.8

WB Cedar 3.4

Fuller 2.4

Everest 39.2

Armour 4.3

WB Cedar 3.8

Pioneer 25R47 2.3

Santa Fe 1.5

Art 1.5

TAM 111 22.2

TAM 112 10.7

T158 10.5

Danby15.3

Winterhawk 4.3

Everest 24.1

Duster 7.1

Endurance 4.7

Armour 4.3

TAM 111 3.9

Everest 60.2

WB Cedar 3.4

Armour 2.8

Pioneer 25R40 1.5

Pioneer 25R78 1.4
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2014 Crop Year

Variety

Agricultural Statistics District

State

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest 0.8 0.6 0.4 16.8 25.7 24.1 29.5 39.2 60.2 14.3

TAM 111 22.1 20.9 22.2 1.6 5.8 3.9 7.0 * * 11.6

T158 3.4 11.0 10.5 1.0 1.8 2.0 * * * 5.0

TAM 112 4.0 12.8 10.7 0.2 0.5 0.7 * * * 4.6

Armour 3.9 0.7 1.0 9.8 9.5 4.3 11.1 4.3 2.8 4.2

Winter Hawk 9.1 1.0 4.3 3.1 1.9 1.6 0.1 * 0.1 2.9

Duster * 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.3 7.1 * 0.3 0.4 2.7

WB Cedar 0.7 0.4 0.6 4.5 3.4 3.2 2.6 3.8 3.4 2.2

Postrock 4.7 2.7 2.7 3.6 2.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 * 2.2

Endurance * 0.0 0.7 * 0.2 4.7 0.3 * 0.9 1.8

Fuller 5.9 1.3 0.3 3.3 2.4 1.3 4.1 1.4 1.0 1.7

Danby 1 * 2.0 5.3 * 0.1 * * * * 1.5

TAM 113 1.8 1.9 3.7 * 0.1 0.0 0.2 * * 1.3

Hatcher 2.3 6.0 1.5 * * 0.0 * 0.4 * 1.2

Jagalene 0.3 2.6 2.9 0.1 * 0.1 0.1 0.2 * 1.1

Denali 3.9 1.5 1.2 0.3 1.0 0.2 * * * 1.0

Jagger 0.3 0.3 2.3 0.7 0.3 0.8 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.0

Billings * * * 0.0 0.3 2.8 * * 0.7 1.0

Art * 0.0 * 1.7 1.4 1.6 0.6 1.5 0.3 0.9

Overley 0.5 * 0.2 0.2 0.5 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.8

Jackpot 0.1 * 0.5 * 0.1 1.8 0.8 * 0.2 0.8

SY Wolf 4.1 0.1 0.0 3.8 0.6 * 1.1 0.7 * 0.7

Santa Fe 0.1 0.2 * 1.0 0.7 1.2 5.0 1.5 0.8 0.6

Centerfield * * * 0.2 0.6 1.4 * * * 0.6

AP503 CL2 0.2 * 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.1 * * * 0.4

Aspen 10.3 0.1 1.6 * * 0.1 * * * 0.4

Greer * * 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 * * 0.1 0.3

TAM 110 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 * * * 0.3

1863 0.2 0.1 * 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.3

T81 * 1.4 0.4 * 0.1 0.1 * * * 0.3

CJ * * * 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 0.4 * 0.3

SY Southwind * * * 0.3 0.8 0.4 * * 0.3 0.3

Blends 10.1 7.7 4.0 21.8 16.1 10.8 9.8 15.8 6.9 10.4

Other Hard White Var. 2.1 2.9 1.1 * 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 * 0.9

Other Hard Red Var. 18.8 21.4 19.1 24.0 20.5 19.5 24.4 24.1 14.9 19.8

All Soft Red Var. * * * 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 4.3 5.8 0.3

* = No reports of variety in the District. 

0.0 = Less than 0.1 percent of variety in the District.

1 Hard White Winter variety.
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by Crop Year, 2005 - 2014

Variety

Crop Year

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.1 8.0 14.3 14.3

TAM 111 0.2 2.2 4.0 7.3 6.8 9.9 11.6 12.6 10.8 11.6

T158 -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 1.6 3.4 5.0

TAM 112 -- -- 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.4 3.8 5.2 5.1 4.6

Armour -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 3.6 7.5 6.7 4.2

Winter Hawk -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.7 2.9

Duster -- -- -- 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.7 2.6 4.0 2.7

WB Cedar -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 2.2

Postrock -- -- -- 0.9 6.0 8.0 7.4 4.9 3.2 2.2

Endurance -- -- -- 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.8

Fuller -- -- -- 0.3 10.9 11.8 10.3 5.5 4.2 1.7

Danby 1-- -- 0.7 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.5

TAM 113 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.4 1.3

Hatcher -- -- -- 0.3 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.4 1.3 1.2

Jagalene 21.2 27.2 23.1 18.0 9.1 5.3 2.8 2.3 1.5 1.1

Denali -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 1.0

Jagger 28.2 19.7 17.1 14.7 8.5 5.1 3.7 2.5 2.0 1.0

Billings -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.0

Art -- -- -- 0.1 0.8 4.6 8.0 4.3 1.7 0.9

Overley 2.2 15.3 23.3 17.3 13.7 7.2 3.1 1.6 1.6 0.8

Jackpot -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 0.7 1.5 0.8

SY Wolf -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.7

Santa Fe -- 0.2 1.3 5.8 9.5 7.0 4.0 2.1 1.1 0.6

 Centerfield -- -- -- 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6

AP503 CL2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.5 0.4

Aspen 1-- -- -- 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4

Greer -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3

TAM 110 3.3 2.2 1.5 1.4 -- 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3

 1863 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3

T81 1.6 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 1.4 1.0 0.7 0.3

CJ -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.3 0.3

 SY Southwind -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.3

Blends 11.3 10.0 10.4 10.4 10.7 11.6 11.1 9.0 8.8 10.4

Other Hard White Var. 3.9 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.9

Other Hard Red Var. 28.1 18.8 15.1 16.8 15.5 14.9 16.5 18.6 17.7 19.8

All Soft Red Var. 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3

-- = Acreage is included in Other Hard Varieties if variety was available.

0.0 = Less than 0.1 percent of variety.

1 Hard White Winter variety. 

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Kansas Winter Wheat Seeded Acres (000), by District, 2014 Crop Year 1

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE State

930 1,150 1,650 1,000 1,290 2,000 140 150 490 8,800

1 Preliminary estimate subject to revision.

Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2013 - 2014 Crop Year

Jason Lamprecht

State Statistician