Record Corn, Soybean
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The USDA said Tuesday that eggs. Larger crops also will help
farmers will harvest 9 percent replenish reserves to help meet
more acres of corn next fall than growing export demands,
m 1972 and 22 per cent more A record wheat crop, up 13 per
s °™ eans ‘ . cen * fr° m year, was forecast.
The crops, as livestock feed, Exports have reduced reserves to
are chief building blocks for the the lowest level since 1967.
nation s supply of meat, milk and Based on the acreage inventory
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Corn - A total of 62,548,000
acres to be harvested for grain
this year, with a possible record
production of 5.9 billion bushels.
That would compare with 57.3
million acres for grain in 1972 and
a production of 5.553 billion
bushels: The previous record was
5.641 billion bushels in 1971. The
administration had sought at
least 6.0 billion bushels from this
year’s crop.
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as of July 1 and using average
trends in yields, the department’s
Crop Reporting Board gave this
outlook:
Soybeans - A Total of 55,731,000
acres for harvest and a projected
output of 1.588 billion bushels,
compared with 45.8 million acres
and a production of 1.283 billion
bushels in 1972. The ad
ministration wanted at least 1.5
billion this year.
Wheat - A total of 53,588,000
acres for harvest and an of
ficially estimated production of
1.749 billion bushels, compared
with 34.9 million acres and a
harvest of 1,544 billion bushels
last year. The previous high was
1,617 billion bushels in 1971.
The report said that farmers
planted 72 5 million acres of corn
for all purposes this year, in
cluding grain and forage uses, an
increase of 9 per cent from 1972
Department officials had ex
pected total corn plantings to be
around 74 million acres Although
the production goal was set at 6 0
billion bushels the mark was
calculated prior to planting
delays caused by severe weather
over much of the nation during
April and May
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“The U.S. must adopt an
agricultural policy that is fair to
overseas customers and the
domestic consumer and that will
never again fail to deliver on
commitments to overseas
customers”, declared Seymour
Johnson, American Soybean
Assn. (ASA) secretary and
soybean producer from In
dianola. Miss., in testimony
before the Senate Subcommittee
on Foreign Agricultural Policy in
Washington this week.
“Today’s farmer is a well
trained, highly educated
businessman who operates the
most efficient industry in the U.S.
He will not tolerate producing
more only to see 50 percent of the
market he has worked 17 years to
develop removed by the govern
ment. Nor will our foreign
customers rely on the U.S. as a
Local 4-H'ers Win at
Regional Competition
Members of 4-H Clubs from
Lancaster County were among
winners m the Regional 4-H
Demonstration and Public
Speaking Contest which was held
July 17, 1973 at Owen J Roberts,
High School in Chester County
Bringing home top honors for
the county were Donna Bare,
Witmer, with a demonstration
entitled “Basic Hunt-Seat
Equitation” and Jeff Martin,
New Holland, RDI, with a speech
entitled “The Agriculture
Situation.”
These winners will compete
with top demonstrators from four
other regions at State 4-H Days
August 6-8 on The Pennsylvania
State University campus. They
will take part in the statewide
event along with county
agricultural and home economics
judging teams.
Blue ribbons were awarded to
individuals scoring 90 to 100.
Those winning county blue ribbon
awards were: Trudy Nissley and
Laren Mclntyre, Junior
Demonstration: “Components of
Effective Photography; June
Grube, Junior'Public Speaker
County agents, Extension home
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21.1973
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dependable source unless the
government allows the present
contracts to be fulfilled.
“All the 145 million bushels of
soybeans reserved for domestic
crush will not be used. Domestic
processors would have to operate
at maximum capacity to crush
this amount by late August. In
stead, plants are closing down or
reducing production because of
the price freeze, not because of
the high price of soybeans,” he
said.
ASA feels that as many as
possible of the 145 million bushels
of soybeans not reserved for
domestic use be released for
foreign trade in an effort to fulfill
previously made foreign con
tracts and to restore confidence
in the United States as a
dependable source of supply
economists, and local leaders
from the various counties
supervised the regional
educational event under rules
established by 4-H officials
Extension staff members and
local leaders from the county who
assisted were Mr and Mrs
Harold Grube, Elm-Penryn
Community Club, Mrs Robert
Gregory, Clay-Brickerville
Cooking, Mrs Kathleen Fisher,
Manheim Community Club,
Lynda Lueck, Nutrition
Assistant, Anne Hinkel, Assistant
Home Economist and Jay Irwin,
Associate County Agent
Three teen 4-H’ers from
Lancaster County served as
chairmen for demonstration
rooms. They are Christine Erb,
Mt Joy; Joseph LeFever,
Manheim; and Debra Gregory,
Lititz.
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Each farmer in America today,
produces enough food for himself
and 51 other people. Twenty
years ago, he was raising enough
to feed just 15 other people.
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