SY Monument, the top-planted variety since 2019, accounts for 6.6% of Kansas' 2023 wheat planted acres. Bob Dole ranks second at 4.6%. SY Wolverine ranks third at 4.1% and WB Grainfield is fourth at 3.9%.
Winterhawk is the fifth most popular variety at 3.8%. T158 takes sixth place at 3.3%. Joe, a hard white variety, is in seventh place at 3.2%. Zenda takes eighth place with 3.1%. Everest is in ninth place with 2.3%. Langin rounds out the top 10 with 1.9% of planted acres.
Area planted with blended varieties is not included in the rankings by variety. Blends account for 9.4% of the state’s planted acreage, down from 13.6% last year. Hard white varieties account for 4.1% of the State’s acreage, up from 2.4% last year.
There are 1,680 positive reports summarized for this year’s Wheat Varieties survey. The Kansas Wheat Commission funds data collection and publication of the Kansas Wheat Varieties report.
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