—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Mar. 23, 1974
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U.S. Soybean Crop Seen Down 7.6 pet.
u. a. soybean plantings
are projected to total 52.9
million acres in 1974, 7.6
percent less than a year ago,
according to an American
Soybean Assn. (ASA)
planting intentions survey
conducted in late February.
If the projected decline
materializes, it would be the
first drop in soybean acreage
since 1959. The survey
sampled soybean producers
in 24 soybean producing
states.
A breakdown of the
projected plantings shows:
Eastern Corn Belt
growers-Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio, Michigan and
Wisconsin-will plant 4.5
percent fewer beans;
Western Corn Belt
growers-lowa, Minnesota,
Missouri*- North Dakota,
Nebraska and Kansas-will
plant 11.8 percent fewer
beans;
Southern producers--
Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Alabama-will
plant 8.5 percent fewer
beans;
East Coast producers--
Virginia, Maryland, South
Carolina, North Carolina and
Georgia—will plant 1.5
percent more beans. The
East Coast is the only area
where projections indicate a
possible increase in soybean
acreage.
The 7.6 percent projected
decrease in soybean plan
tings is smaller than the 10.1
percent projected decrease
predicted by a similar ASA
survey made in December.
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Call the Hoffman Seed
Man nearest you. He
specializes in
Better Paying Crops.
FRANK BUCHER, 2160 Mam.
Rothsvilie, 626-6504
LESTER ERB, 321 S Mt Joy.
Elizabethtown, 367-7112
JASON MELLINGER, R D 1
Strasburg. 687-6546
JAMES NOLL, R D 1.
Mt Joy, 653-5427
I JONATHAN SHIRK, 366 E Mam.
Bareville, 656 9302
ALVIN SMOKER
Intercourse, 768-8416
A.H. HOFFMAN RSjR
SEEDS, INC. (3
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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER AND
In January the U. S.
Department of Agriculture
forecast there would be 3.3
percent fewer soybean acres
in 1974. The USDA, who set
1973 plantings at 57.3 million
acres, plans to release
another planting intentions
report Thursday.
FarmC
loan.
Lancaster, Pa. York, Pa.
411 West Roseville Road 3301 West Market Street
393-3921 792-2641
Lebanon, Pa
The Agway Building Chambersburg, Pa Carlisle, Pa.
17th and Cumberland Streets 183 Lincoln Way East 133 West High Street
273-4506 - 263-3315 249-1711
A jump in doublecropped
soybeans was also indicated
by soybean growers par
ticipating in the survey. The
increase will apparently be
about the same as the
growers’ increase in wheat
acreage, which is up ap
proximately 75 percent from
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1973.
Soybean producers in
volved in the survey also
indicated that they will plant
about 15 percent more com
in the Cron Belt states and 27
percent more cotton and 28
percent more rice in the
Southern states.
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