B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22, 1973
Oat Production
Increased in ’73
Pennsylvania farmers
produced more oats, but less
wheat, barley, and rye in 1973
than they did in 1972, according to
the Crop Reporting Service.
Production of oats in -Penn
sylvania totaled 17,625,000
bushels in 1973, a 6 percent in
crease from last year’s
production. The increase was the
combined result of more acres
harvested and larger yield per
acre. The number of acres
harvested was 375,000 in
1973,compared with 362,000 in
1972. Yield was 47 bushels per
acre in 1973 and 46 in 1972.
Production of winter wheat in
Pennsylvania in 1973 totaled
7,392,000 bushels. Both lower
yield and a smaller acreage
harvested contributed to the
decline of 14 percent from last
year’s level of production. Yield
was 28 bushels per acre this year,
compared with 32 bushels last
year. Acreage harvested
declined from 269,000 in 1972 to
264,000 in 1973.
Barley production in Penn
sylvania totaled 6,820,000 bushels
in 1973. This was 8 percent less
than was produced last year.
Acres harvested declined to
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155,000 from 158,000 the preceding
year, and average yield declined
to 44 bushels per acre from 47
during the same period.
This year’s production of rye in
Pennsylvania totaled 405,000
bushels, a slight decrease from
the 406,000 bushels produced in
1972. This year’s crop was har
vested from 15,000 acres yielding
an average of 27 bushels per acre,
compared with 14,000 acres
yielding 29 bushels per acre in
1972.
Production of all wheat in the
United States in 1973 totaled a
record high 1,711 million bushels,
11 percent above the 1972 output
and 6 percent above the previous
high of 1,618 million bushels in
1971. The 1973 winter wheat crop
in the U.S. was record large, 7
percent above 1972 and 11 percent
above 1971.
Production of barley in the U.
S. totaled 424 million bushels in
1973, about the same as the 1972
crop of 423 million bushels, but 8
percent less than the 1971
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United States production of
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million bushels, 4 percent less
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Industry Conference February
26-27,' 1974 at the Sheraton-
Bossier Inn in Bossier City,
Louisiana.
Theme of the meeting will be
Forage in American Agriculture.
The session begins February 26
with registration at 6:30 a.m. A
buffet breakfast will be available
and the conferees will participate
in a pre-tour session from 8:30
until 10:00 a.m. At 10:00, con
ferees will load onto buses and
tour forage-producting areas
until 4:00 p.m.
February 28 will feature a
panel discussion on forage
limitations and opportunities in
the U. S. from a regional and
national viewpoint. Key
spokesmen from each region will
lead discussions. Other in
formation will be included on
seed, fertilizer, credit, equip
ment, and storage as it relates to
forage production.
Dr. John Hutchinson, Director
of Agricultural Extension at
below 1971 production.
The U.S rye crop totaled 26.4
million bushels in 1973,10 percent
below last year’s production and
46 percent below the 1971 crop,
which was the largest since 1942.
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