16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,1973
ASCS to Elect
Committee
Fred G. Seldomridge, Chair
man of the Lancaster County ASC
Committee has announced that
the County Convention to elect
the county ASC Committee will
be held on Monday, December 17
at 10:00 a m in the Farm and
Home Center.
Delegates to the convention to
elect the committee will be the
ASC Community Committeemen
that were elected by mail ballot
December 6. They will elect one
member to the county committee
for a term of three years, and
also elect a Chairman and Vice
Chairman from the new member
and two members serving
unexpired terms
The County Convention is open
to the public and any interested
persons may attend Both County
and Community Committees are
comprised of farmers in the
county. The County Committee is
charged with the administration
of farm programs delegated to
ASCS J by the Secretary of
Agriculture
Record Crop for
Wheat Farmers
Wheat farmers, who recently
have seen the highest prices in
history, harvested a bread-grain
crop worth a record $6.5 billion
this year, the Agriculture
Department said Monday
The massive upturn in crop
value, more than double from
1972, also has meant higher bread
prices for consumers
The entire crop, a record of
more than 1 7 billion bushels, was
computed at an average farm
value of $3.82 per bushel, the Crop
Reporting Board said. The 1972
crop had averaged $176 per
bushel and was worth $2 7 billion
According to records, the 1973
wheat harvest was worth more
than double the old high value of
$3.1 billion in 1947
The price spiral, which ac
tually began 18 months ago when
the Soviet Union bought huge
quantities of U.S. wheat, began
rsmg sharply five months ago,
from $2.47 per bushel in July to a
peak of $4 62 in September.
Meantime, demand for wheat
during the past 18 months has
pushed up sharply the cost of
bread to American consumers
By this fall a one-pound loaf
costs an average of 29.5 cents in
retail stores, up 4 9 cents from
July 1972. Of that increase, the
higher cost of wheat for flour
accounted for three cents, USDA
said
The Kansas crop, traditionally
the largest, was valued at more
than $1 38 billion, an average of
$3 60 per bushel for a crop of 384 8
million bushels
Last year, when the Kansas
crop was 314 9 million bushels,
wheat was worth $529 million or
$1 68 per bushel to the state’s
farmers
Although the U S crop was a
record, production did not keep
pace with demand from ex
porters and domestic needs
Department officials say exports
in 1973-74 will require 1 15 billion
bushels, and reports by exporters
indicate even more
Thus, coupled with domestic
needs, the demand outlook means
the U S wheat reserve will be
less than 250 million bushels by
the time a new crop is ready next
summer And it could be far less
if exports turn out larger than
USDA predicts
The report Monday showed the
1973 wheat crop was about 15
million bushels less than
department officials had
estimated earlier this fall but still
substantially above the old
record of 1.62 billion harvested in
1971 Production last year was
1 54 billion
There were no final production
or value figures for 1973 crop
corn, soybeans or other fall
harvested commodities Those
will be announced in January, the
report said
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