United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Kansas Wheat Varieties

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Released: March 2019

SY Monument Takes Over As Top Variety

SY Monument, the new leading variety, has seen a gradual 

increase in overall share of Kansas wheat since 2015, 

accounting for 7.2 percent of the State’s 2019 wheat planted 

acres. The second most popular variety in 2019 is WB Grainfield

at 6.4 percent, which rose from fourth most popular last year. 

Winterhawk ranked third at 4.8 percent, rebounding from last 

year’s drop in percentage. Zenda, new to the top ten, rose from 

eighteenth place last year to fourth place at 4.7 percent. Everest 

dropped to fifth place at 3.8 percent. T158 fell from third place 

last year to sixth place, also at 3.8 percent. LCS Mint maintained 

seventh place at 3.3 percent, while falling only slightly in 

percentage of overall share from last year. Gallagher dropped 

to eighth place at 2.9 percent, from sixth last year. Joe came in 

ninth place at 2.6 percent, rising each of the past three years. 

TAM 114 rounded out the top ten at 2.5 percent.

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the 

rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 13.6 percent of the 

State’s planted acreage, which is up from 12.2 percent last year. 

Hard white varieties accounted for 3.7 percent of the State’s 

acreage, down from 4.7 percent last year. Joe was the leading 

hard white variety at 2.6 percent, followed by Danby at 0.5 

percent.

There were 2,090 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, 2019 Crop Year

Percent of Seeded Acreage

 

1 Hard White Winter Variety.

(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations.

Everest

Zenda

30.5 

 8.8

SY Monument 7.2

LCS Chrome (D)

WB Cedar (D) 

(D)

(D) 

(D)

SY Monument 15.9

WB Grainfield 13.1

Winterhawk 4.6

Everest 3.2

Zenda 2.9

WB Grainfield 11.7

Winterhawk 11.7

TAM 114 6.7

Byrd 5.1

Avery 4.4

WB Grainfield 10.8

Byrd 10.6

T158 7.6

TAM 112 5.6

Joe1 4.6

SY Monument 14.2

WB Grainfield 7.3

Zenda 7.3

WB 4458 5.1

Everest 4.1

Everest 24.8

Zenda 8.8

SY Monument 4.4

WB Cedar 1.8

WB 4303 (D)

Everest 40.9

Zenda 20.6

Pioneer 25R62 (D)

Pioneer 25R78 (D)

Pioneer 25R40 (D)

Zenda 9.8

Gallagher 9.2

SY Monument 8.2

LCS Mint 5.6

Everest 4.7

Joe1 10.0

T158 9.1

Winterhawk 8.5

TAM 112 5.6

LCS Mint 5.4
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2019 Crop Year

Variety

Agricultural Statistics District

State

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE

Percent of Seeded Acreage

SY Monument 4.3 0.9 1.9 15.9 14.2 8.2 7.2 4.4 (D) 7.2

WB Grainfield 11.7 10.8 4.2 13.1 7.3 1.4 * * (D) 6.4

Winterhawk 11.7 1.6 8.5 4.6 1.1 3.7 (D) * * 4.8

Zenda (D) * * 2.9 7.3 9.8 8.8 8.8 20.6 4.7

Everest * * (D) 3.2 4.1 4.7 30.5 24.8 40.9 3.8

T158 1.9 7.6 9.1 0.6 2.2 1.5 * * (D) 3.8

LCS Mint 2.0 1.4 5.4 1.6 1.7 5.6 * * (D) 3.3

Gallagher * (D) (D) (D) 2.7 9.2 * * (D) 2.9

Joe1(D) 4.6 10.0 * (D) * * * * 2.6

TAM 114 6.7 3.1 2.9 2.6 1.3 1.5 * * * 2.5

TAM 111 1.6 (D) 5.3 (D) 1.0 1.0 * * * 2.2

Byrd 5.1 10.6 0.9 (D) 0.1 * * * * 2.1

TAM 112 1.4 5.6 5.6 * (D) (D) * (D) * 2.0

WB 4458 (D) * (D) 0.9 5.1 2.0 * * * 1.6

Oakley CL 4.0 4.2 1.7 * (D) (D) * * * 1.4

LCS Chrome 0.6 0.4 1.6 0.8 1.1 2.7 (D) (D) (D) 1.4

Doublestop CL Plus * (D) (D) (D) 1.0 4.5 * * * 1.3

Denali 2.9 0.7 2.0 0.7 1.3 * * * * 1.1

Avery 4.4 2.8 (D) * (D) * * * * 1.0

Larry (D) * * 0.5 2.0 2.2 * (D) (D) 1.0

Langin 2.8 3.3 1.0 * * * * * * 0.9

WB Cedar (D) 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.4 (D) 1.8 1.4 0.9

Tatanka 3.2 1.5 0.5 0.8 (D) (D) * * * 0.8

SY Grit (D) 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.0 0.3 * (D) * 0.6

SY Wolf 0.8 0.6 (D) 1.4 1.1 * (D) 1.7 * 0.5

Kanmark 0.7 1.7 0.4 (D) 0.9 (D) * * * 0.5

Thunderbird (D) 2.7 (D) * * * * * * 0.5

Danby1* (D) 1.9 * * (D) * * * 0.5

MIT * * 1.1 * (D) 0.7 * * * 0.4

TAM 113 1.1 (D) (D) * (D) (D) * (D) * 0.4

Postrock (D) (D) (D) 0.7 * (D) * * * 0.4

AP503 CL2 * * (D) (D) (D) 1.1 * * * 0.4

Blends 10.2 9.2 10.6 26.3 14.4 13.9 (D) 22.2 7.6 13.6

Other Hard White Varieties (D) (D) 1.1 0.5 (D) (D) * * (D) 0.6

Other Hard Red Varieties 22.9 25.8 23.3 20.6 28.1 24.6 53.5 32.4 29.5 21.4

All Soft Red Varieties * * (D) (D) (D) * * 3.9 (D) 0.5

* = 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, 2010 - 2019

Variety

Crop Year

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Percent of Seeded Acreage

SY Monument -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.5 2.6 6.6 7.2

WB Grainfield -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.3 1.3 3.9 5.5 6.4

Winterhawk 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.7 2.9 3.8 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.8

Zenda -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1.3 4.7

Everest -- 1.1 8.0 14.3 14.3 15.8 12.2 9.6 9.3 3.8

T158 -- 0.3 1.6 3.4 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.9 6.1 3.8

LCS Mint -- -- -- -- -- 0.9 3.2 4.3 3.5 3.3

Gallagher -- -- -- -- 0.2 1.1 3.3 2.8 4.0 2.9

Joe1-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 1.9 2.6

TAM 114 -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.1 0.8 1.8 2.5

TAM 111 9.9 11.6 12.6 10.8 11.6 9.1 5.7 3.9 1.9 2.2

Byrd -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0 2.1 2.8 2.1

TAM 112 3.4 3.8 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.0 4.2 2.7 2.4 2.0

WB 4458 -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 1.0 1.4 1.8 1.6

Oakley CL -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.1 0.3 1.3 1.4

LCS Chrome -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.8 1.4

Doublestop CL Plus -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.3

Denali -- -- -- 0.1 1.0 1.8 2.1 2.5 1.2 1.1

Avery -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.5 1.0

Larry -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.4 1.0

Langin -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.9

WB Cedar -- -- 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.9 4.5 2.4 1.7 0.9

Tatanka -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.8

SY Grit -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.6

SY Wolf -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.0 0.5

Kanmark -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.5

Thunderbird -- -- -- -- (D) 0.0 (D) 0.3 0.2 0.5

Danby1 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.7 0.5

MIT -- -- -- -- (D) (D) 0.0 0.1 (D) 0.4

TAM 113 -- -- (D) 0.4 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.4

Postrock 8.0 7.4 4.9 3.2 2.2 1.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4

AP503 CL2 -- -- 0.2 0.5 0.4 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.4

Blends 11.6 11.1 9.0 8.8 10.4 9.6 10.7 14.3 12.2 13.6

Other Hard White Varieties 0.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.1 0.6

Other Hard Red Varieties 64.6 61.6 55.0 49.1 40.0 33.9 30.0 26.5 21.2 21.4

All Soft Red Varieties 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.5

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

(D) = Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations, data is included in Other Hard Red Varieties or Other Hard White Varieties.

0.0 = Less than 0.1 percent of variety.

1 Hard White Winter Variety.
Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2018 - 2019 Crop Years

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