Hay growers expect to harvest 62.0 million acres of hay in 1999, up 3 percent from the 60.0 million acres harvested the previous year. Sunflower planted area is estimated at 3.60 million acres, up 1 percent from last year. Harvested area is estimated at 3.52 million acres, also up 1 percent. Non-oil type varieties were planted on 904,000 acres, up 47 percent from one year ago. Dry bean planted acreage is estimated at 2.02 million acres this year, up 1 percent from last year and 10 percent above 1997.
Harvested area is for grain.
No estimate currently available. Kansas corn stocks in all locations, at 93.4 million bushels, were 6 percent higher than last June. Off-farm stocks were 61.4 million bushels, which accounted for 66 percent of the total corn stocks. On-farm stocks at 32.0 million bushels, were up 2.0 million bushels from last June. Off-farm oat stocks were 498,000 bushels, down 56 percent from last June.