52—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24.1975
Pa. ’74
Total
In 1974, Pennsylvania
farmers sent 1103.7 million
worth of farm products to
foreign markets, according
to figures just released by
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. The biggest
item in the Keystone’s
shipments overseas was
140.9 million in feed grains.
Wheat and flour accounted
for another $20.6 million.
With $2.5 million in dairy
product exports, Penn
sylvania ranked sixth in the
nation in that category. In
poultry exports, the state
ranked ninth in the nation
with $4.6 million.
Ten States accounted for
three-fifths of total farm
export sales in fiscal year
1974. Illinois remained the
largest supplier with $1,939
million in exports. The other
leading States and their
export sales were: lowa,
$1,774 million; Texas, $1,666
million; Kansas, $1,569
million; California, $1,240
million; Minnesota, $1,162
million; Nebraska, $1,031
million; Indiana, $967
million; North Dakota, $842
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Farm Exports
*103.7 Million
million; and North Carolina,
$772 million.
Wheat was the leading
commodity exported in 1974;
the $4.7 billion in exports was
twice the 1973 value. Kansas
provided over one-fifth of the
wheat exported; North
Dakota and Oklahoma
together provided another
fifth. Montana, Nebraska,
and Texas each supplied 6
percent of the wheat for
export. The value of Texas’
wheat sales more than
quadrupled between 1973 and
1974; Oklahoma’s sales more
than tripled.
Feed grain exports totaled
$4.65 billion in fiscal 1974,
double the 1973 level. Sales
by Minnesota and Texas
increased the most, about
140 percent; and sales by
lowa, Nebraska, and South
Dakota more than doubled.
Illinois, lowa, and Nebraska
together provided 44 percent
of feed grains for export;
Indiana, Texas, and Min
nesota each provided 8
percent.
In 1974, soybean exports
totaled $3.27 billion, up $1
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billion from the prior year.
Protein meal exports rose by
one-half to |l.l billion, and
soybean oil exports were
valued at $295 million, more
than double the 1973 level.
Thirty-six percent of the 1974
exports came from Illinois
and lowa. Other major
suppliers were Indiana,
Minnesota, Missouri, and
Arkansas. Arkansas’ sales of
soybean increased more
than those of any other state
- 68 percent.
U.S. cotton exports
reached $1.3 billion in 1974,
up from $755 million in 1973.
Over two-fifths of this in
crease is attributable to the
doubling of export sales by
Texas. Increased sales by
Mississippi and California
accounted for one-fourth of
the rise. Texas was the
source of 36 percent of cotton
for export; Mississippi and
California each provided 14
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three States are the principal
suppliers, increased by 71
percent to $133 million in
1974.
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U.S. tobacco exports
totaled (814 million in 1974.
compared with (640 million
in 1973. Almost three-fifths of
the tobacco exports
originated in North Carolina.
Kentucky, South Carolina,
and Virginia provided an
additional 28 percent.
Four States produced 97
percent of the rice exported
in fiscal 1974: Arkansas,
California, Louisiana, and
Texas. Rice exports totaled
(752 million, (317 million
above the 1973 level.
Exports of fruits and
preparations totaled (589
million in fiscal 1974. Over
one-half of the fruit exported
came from California; one
fifth came from Florida.
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