Cottonwood Connections May 2023 | Page 6

Crop Production in Kansas

As of June 2019, grain farming employed over 9,000 Kansans for a total contribution of $4.2 billion to the economy of Kansas.

By the numbers, annual production is:

•             1st in the US in: Wheat (333 million bushels) and Sorghum (200 million bushels)

•             2nd in the US in: Total acres of Cropland (28.5 million acres)

•             3rd in the US in: Cattle and Calves (6.3 million head), Red Meat (5.7 billion lbs), and Hay (6 million tons)

•             4th in the US in: Sunflowers (89 million lbs)

•             6th in the US in: Irrigated cropland (2.9 million acres) and Canola (62 million lbs)

•             7th in the US in: Corn (686 million bushels)

•             10th in the US in: Soybeans (190 million bushels) and Hogs (2.1 million head)

       8:00 am: Coffee and registration

          8:40 am: Meeting kickoff and quick overview – Aaron Harries

9:00-9:30 am: Guorong Zhang: Wheat research for western Kansas

9:40 – 10:10 am: Augustine Obour:   What we have learned after 48 years of tillage and N   fertility management research

10:20 – 10:50 am: Romulo Lollato: Wheat agronomy intensification for combined food security and environmental stewardship

10:50 – 11:20 am: Kelsey Onofre: Wheat disease update and management

11:30 am: Lucas Haag: Economics of wheat production

12:00 pm: lunch

Location 1232 240th Ave, Hays

RSVP requested at  https://kswheat.com/events/wheat-rx-hays

Wheat Rx Field Day – May 25th, Hays

The first ever Wheat Rx field day will be offered at the Agricultural Research Center - Hays (1232 240th Ave) on Thursday, May 25, from 8 am to 1 pm. This is a collaboration between K-State Research & Extension and the Kansas Wheat Commission. Growers and anyone interested will have the opportunity to see hands on the most update research on growing high yield, high quality, economically feasible wheat.

Crop walks include breeding nurseries, long term fertility and tillage experiments, improved agronomy management and disease control trials, finishing up with an inside talk about recent economics of wheat production. Attendance is free but registration is requested at https://kswheat.com/events/wheat-rx-hays for head count a light breakfast and a lunch meal will be provided.