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official forecast of the 1976
U.S. com crop.
“torn has always been the
dominant crop in the United
States, and during the past
several years U.S. com has
also become extremely
important to many people
living elsewhere in the
world.
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export a record 42 million
metric tons - 1.65 billion
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U.S. corn cr
bushels -of com during the ‘We will export about one
current 1975-76 corn third more com in 1975-76
marketing year ending next than we will wheat. Few
September 30. This will be people are aware of the fact,
equivalent to nearly 30 per but this will be the fifth
cent of thfe record 1975 U.S. successive year in which the
com crop. As a result of the United States has exported
record exports and a 12.5 more com than wheat. U.S.
million metric ton increase wheat and flour exports in
in domestic use of com, the ' 1975-76 are expected to be
entire 1975 record U.S. com nearly 33 million metric tons
crop will be utilized during or about 1.2 billion bushels,
the 1975-76 marketing year. - “The value of U.S. com
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exports in 1975-76 - currently
estimated at $5 billion - will
be about the same as the
value of our wheat exports
and will exceed the export
value of our soybeans and
soybean products. Together,
the export value of our
grains and oilseeds and
oilseed products amounts to
nearly $l5 billion a year.
“These three commodities
- com, wheat and soybeans -
are three of the United
States’ greatest foreign
exchange earners. The
foreign exchange they earn
is used to purchase the
imports - petroleum,
television sets, cameras,
small foreign cars, minerals
and other raw materials and
manufactures - which permit
our high standard of living in
the United States.
“When it comes to
producing and exporting
com, the United States has
no peer. We account for
about 45 per cent of the
world’s com production and
over 70 per cent fit its com
exports.
“Last year’s record U.S.
corn crop of 5.8 billion
bushels was equivalent to 146
million metric tons. World
com production in the 1975-76
marketing year was about
319 million metric tons.
“About 58 million metric
tons ot com will enter in
ternational trade during the
1975-76 marketing year and
42 million tons of it will be
from the United States. U.S.
com exports will account for
about one-fourth of world
trade in all grain - wheat and
coarse grains - in 1975-76.
Peach
crop way
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ANNAPOLIS - Maryland’s
1976 peach crop is estimated
to be some 13 million pounds
according to the Crop
Reporting Service a
cooperating agency with the
State Department of
Agriculture.
The crop, which was badly
damaged by freezing
weather in April and May
and hail storms in late May
and June, will be some 10
million pounds under the
1975 harvest of 23 million
pounds. This would make it
the smallest since 1972 and
the fourth smallest since
1944.
Condition of the crop was
surveyed June Ist by the
Crop Reporting Service in
preparing this year’s
forecast.
Normally, Maryland’s
peach crop runs - ap
proximately 22 million
pounds. Production figures
for recent years are: 1975-23
million pounds* 1974 - 22
million pounds; 1973 - 15
million pounds; 1972 - 12%
million pounds; 1971 - 23
million pounds; 1970 - 23
. million pounds; 1969 - 22
million pounds.
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