2000 Survey

VARIETIES		SACRAMENTO VALLEY	SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY	COAST	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	SIERRA AND NO. CALIF.	VARIETY TOTALS	1999 TOTALS
WHITE VARIETIES
Alpowa	Acres		40			950	990	1,816
	Percent *		<0.1%			0.2%	0.2%	0.4%
Dirkwin	Acres	230	12,600	2,550		20	15,400	20,405
	Percent	<0.1%	2.5%	0.5%		0.0%	3.1%	4.3%
Klasic	Acres	250	11,592	800			12,642	8,536
	Percent	<0.1%	2.3%	0.2%			2.5%	1.8%
Moro	Acres					250	250	400
	Percent					<0.1%	<0.1%	0.1%
Stephens	Acres					1,290	1,290	1,000
	Percent					0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
Twin	Acres					1,243	1,243	600
	Percent					0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
Yamhill	Acres					5,000	5,000	2,300
	Percent					1.0%	1.0%	0.5%
Other/Unknown White	Acres	60	94	125		205	484	1,367
	Percent	<0.1%	<0.1%	<0.1%		<0.1%	0.1%	0.3%

RED VARIETIES
Anza	Acres	16,925	4,873	4,418		383	26,599	26,035
	Percent	3.4%	1.0%	0.9%		0.1%	5.3%	5.4%
Bonus	Acres	9,846	25,165				35,011	6,500
	Percent	2.0%	5.0%				6.9%	1.4%
Brooks	Acres		75,354		500		75,854	90,000
	Percent		15.0%		0.1%		15.1%	18.7%
Cuyama	Acres		3,000				3,000	9,254
	Percent		0.6%				0.6%	1.9%
Express	Acres	61,994	15,147	182			77,323	58,911
	Percent	12.3%	3.0%	<0.1%			15.3%	12.3%
RSI-5	Acres	33,373	51,000				84,373	109,081
	Percent	6.6%	10.1%				16.7%	22.7%
Serra	Acres	10,936					10,936	21,067
	Percent	2.2%					2.2%	4.4%
Stander	Acres	6,000	350	30		226	6,606	600
	Percent	1.2%	0.1%	<0.1%		<0.1%	1.3%	0.1%
Yecora Rojo	Acres		79,000	8,369	24,890	8,500	120,759	113,280
	Percent		15.7%	1.7%	4.9%	1.7%	24.0%	23.6%
Yolo	Acres	7,453	2,005				9,458	6,015
	Percent	1.5%	0.4%				1.9%	1.3%
Other/Unknown	Acres	612	14,988			1,005	16,605	3,469
Red	Percent	0.1%	3.0%			0.2%	3.3%	0.7%
TOTAL (ALL WHEAT OTHER THAN DURUM	Acres	147,679	295,208	16,474	25,390	19,072	503,823	480,036
	Percent	29.3%	58.6%	3.3%	5.0%	3.8%	100.0%	100.0%
* Percent of "All wheat other than Durum" 503,823 acres)

		SACRAMENTO VALLEY	SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY	COAST	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	SIERRA AND NO. CALIF.	VARIETY TOTALS	1999 TOTALS
DURUM VARIETIES

Cortez	Acres		5				5	5,060
	Percent*		<0.1%				<0.1%	5.7%
Duraking	Acres				152		152	3,362
	Percent				0.2%		0.2%	3.8%
Kofa	Acres				8,076		8,076	5,250
	Percent				8.2%		8.2%	5.9%
Kronos	Acres		30,051		42,500		72,551	61,839
	Percent		30.7%		43.4%		74.0%	69.6%
Mohawk	Acres				2,245		2,245	1,724
	Percent				2.3%		2.3%	1.9%
Ria	Acres				370		370	2,500
	Percent				0.4%		0.4%	2.8%
WB 881	Acres		9,500		4,019		13,519	9,150
	Percent		9.7%		4.1%		13.8%	10.3%
Other & Unknown	Acres		500		598		1,098
Durum	Percent		0.5%		0.6%		1.1%
ALL DURUM WHEAT	Acres		40,056		57,960		98,016	88,885
	Percent		40.9%		59.1%		100.0%	100.0%
ALL WHEAT	Acres	147,679	335,264	16,474	83,350	19,072	601,839	568,921
	Percent	24.5%	55.7%	2.7%	13.8%	3.2%	100%	100%
* Percent of Total Durum 98,016 acres)

Note: This report reflects wheat that was planted in the fall of 1999/early winter 2000 for harvest in spring/summer of 2000.

California's estimated wheat plantings for the 2000 harvest year showed a slight increase overall from the previous year's plantings. Red wheat acreage increased 5% while Durum acreage increased 10%. The drier than normal autumn/early winter and extremely wet February affected plantings in some areas, however growing conditions since that time have been generally favorable.

The red wheat varieties Brooks, Express, RSI-5, and Yecora Rojo again accounted for over 70% of the total non-Durum wheat plantings. Red wheat acreage was up slightly in both the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. The new red wheat variety Bonus showed a 5-fold increase in acreage over last year. A large proportion of the Bonus acreage in the San Joaquin Valley was planted for non-grain uses as an alternate to RSI-5. In the Sacramento Valley, Bonus and the new variety Stander are grown for milling purposes. Brooks and Yecora Rojo compete for acreage in the San Joaquin Valley, whereas Yecora Rojo is the dominant red variety planted in the Southern California and Sierra and Northern California regions. Express remains very popular from the Stockton/Tracy area of the San Joaquin Valley north through the Sacramento Valley. Serra is a popular dryland variety in the Sacramento Valley.

Various soft white wheat varieties (in comparatively small quantities) are grown in the Sierra and Northern California regions. Dirkwin, a white wheat typically grown for non-grain uses in the San Joaquin Valley and Coastal regions, was produced on approximately 15,000 acres. Klasic, a hard white milling wheat, was planted on approximately 12,500 acres in the San Joaquin Valley and Coastal areas.

Desert Durum® plantings in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions increased 10% to approximately 98,000 acres for the 2000 harvest year. Kronos continues to be the predominant Desert Durum® variety grown in California, accounting for almost 75% of the acreage. Estimated planted acreage of Kofa and WB881 also increased.

2000 California Wheat Variety Survey (released April 13, 2000)