Production Publications

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2026 County Yields for Kansas Dryland Wheat: What Can We Learn from Crop Insurance Loss Ratios?

Crop insurance data from USDA’s Risk Management Agency reflect actual insured losses by county and provide a familiar indicator of local conditions.

November 9, 2026
2026 Kansas County-Level Wheat Yield Forecasts

These forecasts are provided as one source of information for ARC/PLC decisions. Please consult the documentation before using these forecasts. Sharing them does not constitute an AgManager endorsement of their accuracy or a recommendation to select either program. Actual yields may differ substantially from forecasts in individual counties, even when forecasts perform well overall. RMA and FSA yield sources and methods may also change from year to year. Producers should consider a range of yield and price scenarios before making their ARC/PLC election.

Wheat Yield Dashboard

Please read the Web Tool Guide below for information on how to interpret this product.

November 2, 2026
What Ten Years of Kansas Grain Farm Income Tell Us

Direct payments often made the difference between a profit and a loss.

November 2, 2026
2026 Kansas County Corn & Soybean Yield Forecasts

Please read the Guide document below for interpreting the maps and tables in this product.

These forecasts are provided as one source of information for ARC/PLC decisions. Please consult the documentation before using these forecasts. Sharing them does not constitute an AgManager endorsement of their accuracy or a recommendation to select either program. Actual yields may differ substantially from forecasts in individual counties, even when forecasts perform well overall. RMA and FSA yield sources and methods may also change from year to year. Producers should consider a range of yield and price scenarios before making their ARC/PLC election.

November 2, 2026
2026 Kansas County Corn Yields

October crop report reconciliation

October 20, 2026
2026 Kansas County Soybean Yields

October crop report reconciliation

October 20, 2026
2026 Production Input Costs in Kansas

In 2026, K-State's Land Use Survey Office, in collaboration with the Kansas Department of Revenue, conducted the Production Input Costs Survey to collect production-cost data for the 2025-2026 crop year.

October 14, 2026
Farmer Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Soil Amendment Attributes
August 26, 2026
U.S. Soybean Yield Outlook for 2026: Soybeans Are Having the Year Corn Isn’t July 6, 2026
Drought Conditions in Kansas - 2026 July 6, 2026
Soil Moisture Conditions in Kansas in 2026 July 6, 2026
U.S. Corn Yield Outlook for 2026: A Good Corn Crop, Just a Smaller One July 1, 2026
U.S. Winter Wheat Yield Outlook for 2026 May 21, 2026
Kansas Wheat Yield Outlook for 2026 May 5, 2026
A Tough Nut to Crack: When Do Weekly USDA Crop Condition Reports Become Reliable for Predicting Peanut Yields? April 22, 2026
USDA NASS County Cropland Data Layer - 2025

Maps provided By USDA-NASS. Doug Bounds, State Statistician: doug.bounds@usda.gov. 

State Map

 

March 31, 2026
Capitalizing Conservation - Farmland Value Effects of CRP Enrollment
February 12, 2026
Environmental Change and Land Markets - The Capitalization of Woody Encroachment into Agricultural Land Values February 12, 2026