United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas Field Office

WHEAT VARIETIES

Kansas Agricultural Statistics

Cooperating with the Kansas Department of Agriculture

PO Box 3534 • Topeka KS 66601-3534 • (785) 233-2230 • www.nass.usda.gov/ks • nass-ks@nass.usda.gov

Released: February 8, 2013 Volume 13 No. 1

Everest Becomes New Number One

Wheat Variety for Kansas

Everest became the leading variety of wheat seeded in 

Kansas, accounting for 14.3 percent of the State’s 2013

wheat crop. Everest was the most popular variety in the 

eastern two thirds of the State and is a variety developed 

by Kansas State University. TAM 111 fell to second in the 

State with 10.8 percent of the acreage and is the leading 

variety in all three of the Western Districts. Armour 

remained at third place with 6.7 percent of the State’s 

acreage. TAM 112 moved up one place to fourth place, 

with 5.1 percent of the acreage, while Fuller dropped one 

place and came in fifth at 4.2 percent. Duster moved up 

two places to sixth place at 4.0 percent. T158, new to the 

Top Ten list, came in seventh place with 3.4 percent of the 

acreage. Postrock moved down two places to eighth place 

with 3.2 percent. Endurance, new to the Top Ten list 

came in at ninth place with 2.6 percent. Jagger moved 

down one place to round out the top ten at 2.0 percent for 

2013.

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the 

rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 8.8 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 2.1

percent of the State’s acreage, down slightly from 2.2 

percent in 2012. Danby was the leading Hard White 

variety, accounting for just under 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 4,159 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, 2013 Crop Year

Percent of Seeded Acreage

TAM 111 29.1

Fuller 8.6

TAM 112 6.7

Postrock 6.5

Winter Hawk 6.1 

Everest 16.2

Armour 10.9

Fuller 6.3

Postrock 4.1

TAM 111 3.6

Everest 22.5

Armour 9.7

Karl/Karl 92 8.0

Santa Fe 5.8

Art 3.0

TAM 111 21.1

TAM 112 14.9

T158 8.8

Hatcher 6.5

Postrock 3.8

Everest 23.4

Armour 14.0

TAM 111 5.5

Postrock 5.0

Art 4.7

Everest 35.5

Armour 8.2

Art 3.9

Santa Fe 3.1

Fuller 2.1

TAM 111 21.6

TAM 112 14.5

T158 9.4

Jagalene 4.6

Postrock 4.1

Everest 20.6

Duster 9.0

Armour 8.2

Fuller 5.1

Endurance 5.0

Everest 53.7

Armour 4.1

Fuller 3.9

Overley 2.9

Santa Fe 2.7
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2013 Crop Year

Variety

Agricultural Statistics District

State

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest 0.5 0.0 0.5 16.2 23.4 20.6 22.5 35.5 53.7 14.3

TAM 111 29.1 21.1 21.6 3.6 5.5 4.1 * 0.8 * 10.8

Armour 4.6 1.9 0.6 10.9 14.0 8.2 9.7 8.2 4.1 6.7

TAM 112 6.7 14.9 14.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.0 5.1

Fuller 8.6 2.8 1.0 6.3 4.1 5.1 1.2 2.1 3.9 4.2

Duster * 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.8 9.0 0.1 1.1 1.9 4.0

T158 1.9 8.8 9.4 1.4 1.0 0.7 * 0.4 * 3.4

Postrock 6.5 3.8 4.1 4.1 5.0 1.5 1.9 0.2 0.2 3.2

Endurance * 0.1 2.7 0.1 0.1 5.0 * 0.4 2.2 2.6

Jagger 2.2 2.0 1.5 2.8 0.7 2.6 2.3 0.9 0.7 2.0

Winter Hawk 6.1 1.1 2.6 1.8 0.6 1.3 1.2 * * 1.7

Art * 0.1 * 3.6 4.7 1.8 3.0 3.9 0.7 1.7

Overley 0.1 0.1 * 0.6 1.0 3.4 0.4 1.4 2.9 1.6

Jagalene 0.4 1.8 4.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 * * 0.4 1.5

Jackpot * * 0.5 0.0 0.7 3.3 * * 0.3 1.5

Hatcher 5.4 6.5 1.9 0.1 * 0.0 * * 0.1 1.3

Santa Fe 0.1 0.3 * 1.9 2.4 1.4 5.8 3.1 2.7 1.1

Danby 10.1 2.3 3.5 * 0.2 * * * * 1.0

Billings * * 0.0 * 0.1 1.9 * * 0.1 0.8

T81 1.2 3.0 1.7 0.1 0.1 * * * * 0.7

TAM 110 * 1.3 1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 * * * 0.6

AP503 CL2 0.4 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.4 0.8 * * * 0.5

Aspen 10.2 0.7 1.6 0.0 * 0.0 * * * 0.4

2137 0.4 1.0 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.2 1.3 1.3 0.2 0.4

TAM 113 0.1 0.6 1.5 0.1 * 0.1 * * * 0.4

Hitch 0.1 * 0.1 0.9 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.1 0.4 0.3

TAM 101 0.4 0.2 0.7 * 0.4 0.2 * 0.0 0.3 0.3

CJ * * * 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.3

Centerfield * * * 0.0 0.2 0.6 * 0.0 * 0.3

SY Gold 1.8 0.3 0.1 0.8 0.2 * 0.1 0.1 * 0.2

Above 0.3 0.1 0.1 * 0.5 * * * * 0.2

Blends 5.7 6.7 3.7 21.0 16.3 7.8 9.6 13.0 2.8 8.8

Other Hard White Var. 0.9 0.7 1.4 0.1 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.7

Other Hard Red Var. 16.3 17.3 17.3 20.2 12.6 17.7 36.9 24.1 17.0 17.1

All Soft Red Var. * 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 2.4 5.1 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, 2004 - 2013

Variety

Crop Year

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Percent of Seeded Acreage

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jagger 40.9 28.2 19.7 17.1 14.7 8.5 5.1 3.7 2.5 2.0

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

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

Overley 0.1 2.2 15.3 23.3 17.3 13.7 7.2 3.1 1.6 1.6

Jagalene 3.0 21.2 27.2 23.1 18.0 9.1 5.3 2.8 2.3 1.5

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

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

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

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

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

T81 1.8 1.6 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.5 2.4 1.4 1.0 0.7

TAM 110 4.2 3.3 2.2 1.5 1.4 -- 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6

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

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

2137 8.6 5.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.9 1.8 1.2 0.8 0.4

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

Hitch -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.6 0.3 0.3

TAM 101 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.3

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

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

SY Gold -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.1 0.2

Above 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Blends 15.2 11.3 10.0 10.4 10.4 10.7 11.6 11.1 9.0 8.8

Other Hard White Var. 4.9 3.9 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.7

Other Hard Red Var. 21.1 22.3 15.6 12.2 14.0 13.2 13.8 15.3 17.6 17.1

All Soft Red Var. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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, 2013 Crop Year 1

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE State

950 1,100 1,550 1,100 1,500 2,150 180 210 560 9,300

1 Preliminary estimate subject to revision.

Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2012 - 2013 Crop Year

Quentin Wearne and Dona Ratliff Robert White

Agricultural Statisticians Acting Deputy Director