United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Kansas Wheat Varieties

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Released: March 2016

Everest Continues to be the Top Kansas Wheat Variety

Despite its share dropping by over three percentage points, 

Everest retained its position as the leading variety of wheat 

seeded in Kansas for the fourth straight year, accounting for 

12.2 percent of the State’s 2016 wheat crop. Everest, developed 

by Kansas State University, was the most popular variety in the 

eastern two thirds of the State. T158 jumped from third to 

second with 5.8 percent of the State’s acreage, surpassing last 

year’s runner-up, TAM 111, at 5.7 percent. Winter Hawk jumped 

two places from last year to come in fourth with 4.7 percent. WB 

Cedar dropped from fourth to fifth with 4.5 percent. TAM 112 

came in sixth with 4.2 percent, whereas Gallagher, a newcomer 

to the top ten, jumped to seventh with 3.3 percent. LCS Mint 

more than tripled its 2015 percentage share to come in eighth 

at 3.2 percent. Denali and Byrd rounded up the top ten with 2.1 

and 2.0 percent, respectively, of the 2016 Kansas wheat crop. 

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the 

rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 10.7 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 3.1 percent of the State’s acreage, 

up from 2.7 percent in 2015. Danby was the leading Hard White 

variety, accounting for slightly over 40 percent of the State’s 

white wheat. The majority of the white wheat was planted in the 

southwestern portion of the State.

There were 2,899 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, 2016 Crop Year

Percent of Seeded Acreage

1 Hard White Winter variety.

Winter Hawk 14.0

Denali 11.2

TAM 111 9.3

WB Grainfield 4.7

Byrd 4.6

Everest 13.0

SY Wolf 8.9

Winter Hawk 6.8

WB Cedar 4.0

WB Grainfield 3.4

Everest 35.1

1863 8.5

Winterhawk 6.8

WB 4458 4.4

WB Cedar 3.9

T158 15.0

TAM 112 14.6

TAM 111 10.2

Byrd 8.4

Denali 4.4

Everest 20.2

WB Cedar 7.2

T158 5.2

WB 4458 3.4

TAM 111 2.9

Everest 37.0

WB Cedar 4.9

Armour 4.3

SY Wolf 2.2

Denali 1.6

TAM 111 13.7

T158 9.3

TAM 112 8.7

Winter Hawk 5.6

LCS Mint 4.2

Everest 19.3

Gallagher 8.5

WB Cedar 7.5

Winter Hawk 3.9

LCS Mint 3.5

Everest 65.7

WB Cedar 7.0

Pioneer 25R78 2.2

Ruby Lee 1.3

Gallagher 1.1
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2016 Crop Year

Variety

Agricultural Statistics District

State

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest 1.0 0.7 0.5 13.0 20.2 19.3 35.1 37.0 65.7 12.2

T158 3.5 15.0 9.3 1.2 5.2 2.7 D * D 5.8

TAM 111 9.3 10.2 13.7 1.1 2.9 1.4 * * * 5.7

Winter Hawk 14.0 2.3 5.6 6.8 2.0 3.9 6.8 1.6 * 4.7

WB Cedar 0.8 0.3 1.1 4.0 7.2 7.5 3.9 4.9 7.0 4.5

TAM 112 2.7 14.6 8.7 D 0.3 0.9 * * * 4.2

Gallagher * * 0.2 0.3 0.8 8.5 * * 1.1 3.3

LCS Mint 2.0 3.4 4.2 2.3 2.1 3.5 * * 0.2 3.2

Denali 11.2 4.4 1.9 0.2 0.9 0.6 * D * 2.1

Byrd 4.6 8.4 3.1 * * * * * * 2.0

Endurance * * 2.3 * 0.6 2.8 * * 1.0 1.6

SY Wolf 3.8 0.2 0.2 8.9 1.4 0.1 2.1 2.2 1.3

WB Grainfield 4.7 1.6 1.2 3.4 1.3 D * * 0.0 1.3

Danby1* 4.0 3.7 * * * * * * 1.3

TAM 113 1.5 2.0 2.0 * 0.6 0.6 * * * 1.1

Ruby Lee D * 0.5 * 0.0 2.5 * 0.9 1.3 1.1

WB 4458 0.1 * 0.5 0.8 3.4 1.1 4.4 * 0.8 1.0

Doublestop CL Plus * * 0.0 D 0.5 2.1 * * * 0.9

Jagger 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.0 * D * 0.8

Antero1* 2.9 2.1 * * * * * * 0.8

1863 0.1 0.5 * 1.7 1.2 1.1 8.5 0.8 D 0.8

Armour D * * 1.8 2.3 * 0.3 4.3 0.4 0.8

Jagalene D 0.3 2.7 D * 0.2 * * * 0.7

Jackpot * * 0.2 D 0.4 1.5 * * 0.3 0.7

AP503 CL2 0.4 * * 0.3 0.7 1.4 * * 0.0 0.7

Fuller 2.1 0.7 0.1 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 * D 0.7

Art * * * 0.5 0.6 1.4 * * * 0.6

Duster * * 0.5 D 0.4 1.2 * * * 0.6

Postrock 1.3 0.5 0.6 2.0 0.7 D * * * 0.6

SY Monument 1.0 * 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.5 * 0.1 0.1 0.5

Overley 0.1 * * 0.4 D 1.0 D * 0.0 0.4

LCS Wizard 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 * D 0.0 0.4

Blends 7.9 6.2 6.8 24.0 18.8 9.3 11.4 18.1 2.3 10.7

Other Hard White Varieties 0.1 0.6 2.4 0.1 0.7 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1

Other Hard Red Varieties 27.1 20.1 23.1 22.7 22.6 22.2 26.1 24.8 16.8 22.0

All Soft Red Varieties * 0.1 0.3 1.1 0.4 * 1.2 5.3 3.0 0.3

* = No reports of variety in the District.

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

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, 2007 - 2016

Variety

Crop Year

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest -- -- -- -- 1.1 8.0 14.3 14.3 15.8 12.2

T158 -- -- -- -- 0.3 1.6 3.4 5.0 5.1 5.8

TAM 111 4.0 7.3 6.8 9.9 11.6 12.6 10.8 11.6 9.1 5.7

Winter Hawk -- -- 0.0 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.7 2.9 3.8 4.7

WB Cedar -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 2.2 4.9 4.5

TAM 112 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.4 3.8 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.0 4.2

Gallagher -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 1.1 3.3

LCS Mint -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.9 3.2

Denali -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 1.0 1.8 2.1

Byrd -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.0 0.7 2.0

Endurance -- 0.1 0.4 1.4 2.3 2.1 2.6 1.8 1.6 1.6

SY Wolf -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.7 1.4 1.3

WB Grainfield -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.3 1.3

Danby1 0.7 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.3

TAM 113 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.4 1.3 1.1 1.1

Ruby Lee -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.8 1.1

WB 4458 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 1.0

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

Jagger 17.1 14.7 8.5 5.1 3.7 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.7 0.8

Antero1-- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.4 0.8

1863 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.9 0.8

Armour -- -- -- 0.3 3.6 7.5 6.7 4.2 2.7 0.8

Jagalene 23.1 18.0 9.1 5.3 2.8 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.7

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

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

Fuller -- 0.3 10.9 11.8 10.3 5.5 4.2 1.7 1.1 0.7

Art -- 0.1 0.8 4.6 8.0 4.3 1.7 0.9 0.5 0.6

Duster -- 0.0 0.1 0.8 1.7 2.6 4.0 2.7 1.9 0.6

Postrock -- 0.9 6.0 8.0 7.4 4.9 3.2 2.2 1.3 0.6

SY Monument -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 0.5

Overley 23.3 17.3 13.7 7.2 3.1 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.4

LCS Wizard -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5 0.4

Blends 10.4 10.4 10.7 11.6 11.1 9.0 8.8 10.4 9.6 10.7

Other Hard White Varieties 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.1

Other Hard Red Varieties 19.9 27.3 29.9 28.1 25.5 25.9 23.3 24.5 21.3 22.0

All Soft Red Varieties 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 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. 
Kansas Winter Wheat Seeded Acres (000), by District, 2016 Crop Year 1

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE State

900 1,150 1,450 1,050 1,300 1,950 100 230 370 8,500

1 Preliminary estimate subject to revision.

Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2015 - 2016 Crop Year

Note: Historical variety reports for earlier years can be found on the web at:

http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kansas/Publications/Crops/Wheat_Varieities/index.php

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