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Soviet grain imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. • The result of the sharp drop from
U.S. Department of earlier production
Agriculture (USDA) today estimates,
reduced its estimate or 1975 USDA analysts said it
grain production In the would be early to mid-1976
Soviet Union to 137 million before more information
metric tons, but forecast no would be available con
further surge in 1975-76 cerning the longer term
Soviet grain imports as a implications of the ex-
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trcmely short Soviet har
vest.
A harvest of 137 million million tons less than the
tons was indicated in a 1974 crop. It will be the
statement by the Chairman smallest Soviet grain crop
of the Planning and Budget since the 1965 harvest of 121
Commission at a recent million tons. The record is
Supreme Soviet session, 222.5 million tons in 1973.
providing the first official USDA estimated the
Soviet indication of thp size composition of the 137
of the 1975 crop. The last million ton harvest as wheat,
previous estimate by USDA 65 million tons; coarse
was 160 million tons, issued grams, 62 million tons, and
Oct. 24. miscellaneous grains, 10
The estimate of 137 million million tons,
tons is almost 80 million tons USDA officials said it was
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below the original Soviet
target for 1975 and almost 60
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unlikely that the new
estimate would mean a
significant grain import
increase from their estimate
on Oct. 24 of 27 million tons
for the current July-June
season and somewhat over
30 million tons for the 15-
month July-September
period.
In the Oct. 24 estimate,
import handling capacity
was suggested as a limiting
factor, and unloading delays
that have arisen since then
tend to confirm that imports
probably will not go
significantly beyond 27 to 30
million tons.
Noting that the Soviets
have increased their rate of
livestock slaughter, par
ticularly of hogs and poultry,
to cope with a limited
availability of grain, USDA
analysts said a gram crop of
137 million tons will require
a sharp reduction, perhaps
20 to 25 percent, in the Soviet
use of grain for livestock
feed for the 1975-76 season.
For longer term im
plications, the analysts will
watch the trend in Soviet
Milk output rises
HARRISBURG Milk cent above November 1973.
production in Pennsylvania United States Milk
during November totaled 545 production during
million pounds, up 1 percent November is estimated at
from a year ago according to 8,832 million pounds, up 1.9
the Crop Reporting Service, percent from a year earlier.
The number of milk cows U.S. milk production per cow
in the Commonwealth during averaged 795 pounds, 21
November was 686,000 head, pounds above a year
unchanged from the ago and 35 pounds above
previous month but 2,000 November, 1973. The
below a year earlier. estimated number of milk
Milk production per cow cows at 11,108,000 head is
averaged 795 pounds in 18,000 below a month earlier
November, up 1 percent and 1 percent below a year
from a year ago and 2 per- ago.
imports of livestock products
and what happens at the 25th
Communist Party Congress
scheduled for February.
While a much sharper
reduction tn animal feeding
is now m prospect for 1976,
the production loss could still
be offset at least in part by
short-term imports of
livestock products, which
are in relatively plentiful
supply on world markets.
The period of peak short
fall in domestic meat output
in the Soviet Union would be
most likely to occur in the
spring months of 1976. If the
Soviets turn to the world
market for livestock
products, it will indicate the
extent to which Soviet
authorities are determined
to continue with the policy of
meeting growing consumer
demand for products such as
meat and dairy products.
Another important in
dication will come from the
goals for production of
livestock products in the
plan for 1976 through 1980
scheduled to be presented at
the February Party
Congress.
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