1973 - Good Year For
.'Agricultural output In the
People’s Republic of China
rose to a record level In 1973,
according to a -U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) report on Com
munist Aslan countries.
Prepared by USDA’s
Economic Research Service,
the report says that farm
output also increased in
Mongolia and North Korea,
but dropped in North Viet
nam.
hi China, weather was
generally good, and the
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government, reacting
strongly to a poor 1972
agricultural year, focused its
efforts on assuring
production increases in 1973.
As a result, China’s grain
and fiber crops hit alltime
highs. Total oilseed
production improved
slightly. Livestock
production, however,
stagnated because poor 1972
weather had reduced fooder
supplies.
China’s wheat, corn, and
cotton imports were at
record levels in 1973, another
result of the poor 1972 farm
year. Its soybean exports
dropped sharply but rice
exports rose about 71 percent
to 1.4 million metric tons.
For the year ending June
30, 1974, China’s wheat and
corn imports are expected to
be even heavier than they
were a year earlier. Some of
this grain was purchased
before the outcome of the
good 1973 harvest was
known, providing China with
a hedge against poor crops.
If good weather prevails
through the 1974 growing
season, China’s grain import
requirements between July
1974 and June 1975 could be
reduced.
In Mongolia, where the
Communist
livestock sector accounts for
80 percent of agricultural
output and a good share of
export earnings, the number
of sheep, goats, and horses
increased significantly in
1873. Wheat, oat, and barley
harvests were also up.
Total crop production in
North Korea appears to have
been fairly good, with
bumper harvests of wheat,
barley, and rice.
North' Vietnam’s major
food crop, 'rice,' suffered
extensive damage in 1973.
There was a prolonged
drought at seeding and
Mexico Recommends
Soy Tortillas
The Mexican government
has recommended that
principle government
agencies responsible for
feeding people use soy
fortified tortillas, according
to Berwin Tilson, president
of the American Soybean
Association (ASA).
“The recommendation
was made because of the
increased nutritional value
of soy-fortified tortillas,”
Tilson explained.
By adding four percent
defatted soy flour to a tor
tilla, its protein content
increases by one-third,
Tilson said. The additional
amino acids of soy make the
tortillas also have a higher
biological value.
The recommendation, if
followed, would effect 272
government-owned agencies
in Mexico. Included among
the agencies are hospitals,
homes for the elderly, or
phanages and social security
institutes,
To increase interest
among tortilla producers, to
produce soy-fortified tor
tillas, the Mexican govern
ment is loaning the
Assoication of Tortilla
Manfacturers money to
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Agriculture
transplanting time and then
a typhoon later in the season.
A copy of “The
Agricultural Situation in the
People’s Republic of China
and Other Asian Communist
Countries; Review of 1973
and Outlook for 1974,” ERS-
F 362, is available free on
postcard (please include
zipcode) or telephone (447-
7255) request from the
Division of Information,
Economic Research Service,
U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington,
D.C. 20250.
enlarge and modernize their
facilities.
“The American Soybean
Association has been
working with one tort liar'
manufacturer in developing
soy-fortified tortillas,”
Tilson said. “The Mexican
government has taken in
terest in our work and
decided soy-fortified tort lias
would benefit the entire
populace.”
Mexico’s 55 million
population annually con
sumes approximately six
million tons of tortillas,
according to Tilson. In
Mexico City alone, one
million tons of tortillas are
consumed annually.
“The switch to soy
fortified tortillas will be
gradual,” Tilson explained.
“Mexico is in the process of
developing more plants
capable of producing soy
flour, but further expansion
is planned to meet the full
demand.”
In August 1973, 200 tons of
soybeans were used for soy
flour, but now Mexico is
using SOO tons a month for
producing soy flour. By
December, officials estimate
Mexico will be using 1,200
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 25,1974
Loans Available For
Middle-Income Families
Effective June 1, Penn
sylvania students from
middle-income families will
once again be able to reqeive
interest free loans to help
pay their college and
vocational training costs.
That’s the date the needs
analysis will be lifted from
most families who take part
in the State Guaranteed
Student Loan Program.
Federal legislation has
been approved which does
away with the controversial
needs test. The result will be
that students from families
with income of $15,000 or less
will be able to borrow up to
$2,000 for each un
dergraduate year in college
or trade school and the in
terest will be paid by the
federal government until
nine months after the
student leaves school. This is
true for nursing schools as
well. Graduate students will
be able to borrow up to $2,500
each year, but will be
required to show need for
any sum in excess of $2,000.
Students with adjusted
family income above $15,000
must still establish a need
for loans they make in order
to qualify for interest sub
sidy from the federal
government.
The maximum amount a
student will be able to
borrow over the period of his
undergraduate academic life
will be $7,500. Graduates can
borrow up to another $2,500
tons a month for soy flour
production.
“The possibilities of
soybeans in the human diet
are just starting to be
developed,” Tilson said.
“Many countries are
beginning to realize
soybeans are an excellent
protein source with multiple
uses.”
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Call 717-469-2864
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Representatives Needed.
for a cumulative maximum
of $lO,OOO.
The new provisions will
become effective in time for
most students attending
school this summer to take
advantage of them.
Kenneth R. Reeher.
Executive Director of
PHEAA, said that the
removal of the needs test
should “turn the program
around” to the point where
students once more can turn
to a loan as a student aid
source. This, he said,
coupled with recent PHEAA
changes geared to in
creasing the maximum
income eligibility levels in
the State Higher Education
Assistance Grant Program.
On March 1, 1973, (he
needs test was put into ef
fect. The result was that the
number of student loans
dropped off drastically.
Students in the middle
income group found they
could not qualify for interest
subsidy by the federal
government and most len
ders did not make noo
subsidized loans. StudeniC
could not qualify because
their adjusted family income
was too high. Adjusted in
come is based on a family's
adjusted gross income
shown on the federal tax
form. This gross figure is
reduced by 10 percent of the
gross and by the number of
individual personal exemp
tions claimed on the tax form
($750 per person).
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