Kansas commodity commissions report 2024 production, checkoff funding and education efforts to Ag committee

Kansas commodity-checkoff leaders told the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources on a series of 2024 updates covering production, checkoff revenue and program spending for corn, wheat, soybeans and grain sorghum.

The reports, delivered by representatives of the Kansas Corn Commission, Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Soybean Commission and Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, detailed acreage and yield figures, the per‑bushel or percentage assessments that fund their work, outreach to students and overseas buyers, investments in university research and local programs to expand ethanol and industrial uses.

Kansas Corn Commission representative Kent Moore told the committee that “Kansas corn crop in 2024 was [a] good crop,” and that the commission’s checkoff is assessed at 1¢ per bushel at first sale. Moore said the state harvested about 5,800,000 acres of corn in 2024 and produced about 748,000,000 bushels, citing the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report. He described the commission’s primary demand-building work as focused on ethanol and feed, and said about one‑third of Kansas corn typically goes to ethanol, one‑third to feed and one‑third is…