United States Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Kansas Wheat Varieties

632 SW Van Buren St. Room 200, Topeka, KS 66601-3534

Media Contact: Dean C. Groskurth (402) 437-5541

Released: February 2015

Everest Retains its Number One Position in Kansas

Everest continued to be the leading variety of wheat seeded in 

Kansas, accounting for 15.8 percent of the State’s 2015 wheat 

crop. Everest, 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 

9.1 percent of the acreage and is the leading variety in all 

three of the Western Districts. T158 remained in third with 5.1

percent of the State’s acreage, whereas WB Cedar jumped 

four spots into fourth place with 4.9 percent of the acreage.

TAM 112 dropped from fourth to fifth with 4.0 percent. Winter 

Hawk maintained its position at sixth with 3.8 percent. Armour

fell from fifth to seventh place with 2.7 percent of the State’s

acreage. Duster dropped one spot to eighth with 1.9 percent. 

Denali made its top ten debut in ninth with 1.8 percent.

Endurance rounded up the top ten with 1.6 percent, 

maintaining its position from 2014.

Area planted with blended varieties was not included in the 

rankings by variety. Blends accounted for 9.6 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 2.7 percent of the State’s 

acreage, down from 2.8 percent in 2014. 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 3,202 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, 2015 Crop Year

Percent of Seeded Acreage

1 Hard White Winter variety.

TAM 111 21.4

Winter Hawk 7.9

SY Wolf 6.5

Denali 6.5

TAM 112 6.4

Everest 18.2

SY Wolf 8.1

Winter Hawk 7.2

WB Cedar 4.5

Armour 4.1

Everest 33.5

WB Cedar 5.2

Santa Fe 4.9

Fuller 3.4

Karl/Karl 92 3.1

TAM 111 16.6

T158 12.8

TAM 112 9.3

Winter Hawk 3.6

Denali 3.4

Everest 23.6

WB Cedar 7.4

Armour 7.0

TAM 111 5.6

T158 2.9

Everest 40.9

WB Cedar 4.5

Armour 3.7

Pioneer 25R47 1.8

SY Wolf 1.2

TAM 111 21.4

T158 11.3

TAM 112 11.3

Winter Hawk 5.7

Danby15.0

Everest 24.9

WB Cedar 8.3

Duster 3.4

Armour 3.4

Endurance 3.2

Everest 66.2

WB Cedar 3.4

Pioneer 25R78 1.8

Overley 1.6

Pioneer 25R40 1.5
Distribution of Kansas Winter Wheat Varieties, by District, 2015 Crop Year

Variety

Agricultural Statistics District

State

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE

Percent of Seeded Acreage

Everest 0.2 0.6 0.6 18.2 23.6 24.9 33.5 40.9 66.2 15.8

TAM 111 21.4 16.6 21.4 1.2 5.6 2.1 * 0.1 0.0 9.1

T158 4.0 12.8 11.3 1.2 2.9 2.0 * * 0.1 5.1

WB Cedar 0.2 0.8 0.6 4.5 7.4 8.3 5.2 4.5 3.4 4.9

TAM 112 6.4 9.3 11.3 * 0.6 0.8 * * * 4.0

Winter Hawk 7.9 3.6 5.7 7.2 1.6 2.2 0.2 0.2 * 3.8

Armour 0.7 * * 4.1 7.0 3.4 3.1 3.7 1.2 2.7

Duster * * 1.7 * 1.7 3.4 * * 0.7 1.9

Denali 6.5 3.4 2.2 0.5 2.2 0.5 * * 0.2 1.8

Endurance * * 1.1 0.0 0.7 3.2 * * 0.6 1.6

SY Wolf 6.5 0.5 0.1 8.1 1.6 * 1.7 1.2 * 1.4

Postrock 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.4 1.1 0.7 1.6 * * 1.3

Danby10.1 2.5 5.0 * 0.2 0.0 * * * 1.3

Fuller 2.0 1.1 0.7 1.9 1.6 0.8 3.4 0.7 0.6 1.1

TAM 113 4.6 2.6 1.5 0.4 0.7 0.2 * * * 1.1

Gallagher * * * 0.1 0.0 2.7 * * 1.1 1.1

AP503 CL2 * 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.6 2.3 * 0.4 * 1.0

Jagalene 0.7 1.9 2.7 0.8 0.1 0.1 * 1.0 0.3 0.9

LCS Mint 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.9

1863 0.1 * * 1.2 2.2 1.1 2.7 0.5 0.5 0.9

Jackpot * * 0.2 * 0.4 1.9 * * * 0.8

Ruby Lee * * * * 0.5 1.8 * 0.3 0.6 0.8

Jagger 0.1 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 * 1.1 0.3 0.7

Billings * * * * 0.2 1.7 * * * 0.7

Hatcher 1.6 3.4 1.1 * 0.0 0.0 * * * 0.7

Overley 0.7 * * 0.3 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.1 1.6 0.7

Byrd 3.7 3.1 0.3 * 0.1 0.0 * * * 0.7

SY Southwind * * * 0.7 1.4 0.9 * 0.5 0.3 0.6

LCS Wizard 0.1 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.5

WB Redhawk * * * 1.4 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.5

Art * * * 0.9 1.7 0.4 * 0.4 0.2 0.5

Doublestop CL Plus * * * * 0.1 1.1 * * * 0.4

Blends 7.5 7.7 5.0 22.7 10.6 9.7 12.6 16.6 5.1 9.6

Other Hard White Varieties 1.9 3.5 4.0 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.4

Other Hard Red Varieties 20.1 21.4 18.5 19.7 19.3 19.8 33.8 21.4 12.4 19.4

All Soft Red Varieties * * * 0.3 1.1 0.1 * 5.0 4.4 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, 2006 - 2015

Variety

Crop Year

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Percent of Seeded Acreage

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

TAM 111 2.2 4.0 7.3 6.8 9.9 11.6 12.6 10.8 11.6 9.1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Danby10.7 1.2 0.7 1.5 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.3

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

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

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

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

Jagalene 27.2 23.1 18.0 9.1 5.3 2.8 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.9

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

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

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

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

Jagger 19.7 17.1 14.7 8.5 5.1 3.7 2.5 2.0 1.0 0.7

Billings -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.8 1.0 0.7

Hatcher -- -- 0.3 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.4 1.3 1.2 0.7

Overley 15.3 23.3 17.3 13.7 7.2 3.1 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.7

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

SY Southwind -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6

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

WB Redhawk -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.1 0.5

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

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

Blends 10.0 10.4 10.4 10.7 11.6 11.1 9.0 8.8 10.4 9.6

Other Hard White Varieties 1.7 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4

Other Hard Red Varieties 23.8 19.9 27.0 28.6 26.4 23.3 23.2 21.0 21.9 19.4

All Soft Red Varieties 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 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, 2015 Crop Year 1

NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE State

980 1,130 1,550 1,200 1,550 2,200 150 220 420 9,400

1 Preliminary estimate subject to revision.

Top Kansas Wheat Varieties, 2014 - 2015 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/Whtvar/index.asp

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