HARRISBURG - Based
(Mi July 1 conditions, Penn
sylvania farmers will
produce less rye, oats,
barley and tart cherries and
virtually the same quantity
of corn, as in 1979, according
to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
Increased production of
winter wheat, pears, sweet
cherries, apples and peaches
is forecast.
Com for gram is estimated
at 115.6 million bushels,
compared with 115.4 million
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State corn crop seen about same as 1979
bushels last year. Yield is
forecast at 94.0 bushels per
acre compared with 95.0
bushels the previous year.
Winter wheat production is
estimated at 8.2 million
bushels, up two percent from
a year ago, with acres for
harvest at 250,000 compared
with last year’s 262,000.
The rye crop, at 416,000
bushels, is down nine per
cent, with 13,000 acres for
harvest this year compared
with 17,000 m 1979.
Oats production is ex-
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pected to total 18.0 million
bushels, down two percent
from a year ago, with 340,000
acres to be harvested. The
barley crop is expected to
decline to 5.2 million bushels
compared with 5.4 last year,
a decrease of three percent
Holstein field day winners named
BY LAUREL SCHAEFFER
Staff Correspondent
SHARTLESVILLE -
Senior members of the
Junior Holstein Association
sponsored their annual field
day at Ro-Ria Farms, here
last week. This annual event
is geared to help prepare the
junior members for the busy
show season which is quickly
approaching
Junior members are
divided mto groups of three
and are assisted by a senior
members m preparing a
heifer for show. Junior
members are also given
advice from the more ex
perienced members in
showmanship and later
participate in showmanship
classes as well.
This year twelve teams
participated in the event.
Judging the contest was
George Merrill of Willow
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Barley acreage for harvest
decreased nine percent to
105,000 acres.
The 1980 fall potato
acreage for harvest is ex
pected to total 22,000
acres,down 2000 acres from
1979. This year’s com-
Creek Animal Hospital,
Leesport. Following are the
results:
FITTING:
Team 1 - Duane Stump,
Bemville; Lee Schlappich,
Mohrsville; Scott Troutman,
Myerstown; and Scott
Miller, Hamburg, advisor.
Team 2 - William Lesher,
Bemville; Ann Kopfer,
Fleetwood; lames Wagner
Meat and livestock
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The tenth annual edition of
“Meatfacts”, a statistical
summary of key mformation
concerning livestock and
meat, was published on July
10 by the American Meat
Institute.
The 28-page report is a
compact, yet com
prehensive, statistical
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UKastar fnfes. Sat**y, My It,
mercial apple crop, forecast
at 555 million pounds, would
be up four percent from last
year. Peach production is
expected to total 105 million
pounds, up 17 percent from a
year ago.
The sweet cherry crop is
Fleetwood; and Karen
Sattazahn, Womelsdorf,
advisor. Team 3. Diane
Troutman, Myerstown;
Micnele Christman, Shar
tlesville; Jimmy Younker,
Fleetwood; and Bill Zollers,
Mertztown, advisor.
Showing 8-10 year olds:
1. Kirk Sattazahn,
Womelsdorf; 2. Brian
Herbert, Fleetwood; 3. Jim
survey of the U.S. meat
industry.
Major USDA and AMI
data in chart and graph form
concerns livestock numbers;
slaughter and meat
production; farm cash
receipts from livestock;
consumption and prices;
procesed and canned meat
production; employment,
earnings, sales, and costs of
meat packers:
“A major value of
Meatfacts is the portrayal of
trends, such as the growing
impact of the American
livestock and meat industry
on foreign trade,” says C.
Manly Molpus, AMI
president.
Meatfacts also documents
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expected to reach 1,100 tons,
up 16 percent from the 950
tons harvested in 1979. The
tart cherry crop is forecast
at 5.6 million pounds, down
11 percent. Pear production
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percent from a year ago.
Blatt, Robesoma.
Showing 11-12 year olds:
1. Gary Bicksler,
Richland; 2. Lee Schlappich
Mohrsville, 3. Lynn Knck
Fleetwood.
Showing 13-14 year olds:
1. Scott Troutmar
Myerstown; 2. Charlf
Seidel, Lenhartsville;
Tammy Schlappic
Mohrsville.
statistics
the cyclical low of cattle on
American farms m 1979, the
significant increase m hog
numbers and the expected
record hog marketings in
1980.
Molpus says, “The
American consumer cannot
immediately look forward to
more steaks and ham
burgers as herd rebuilding
takes place in the ‘Bo’s. He
adds that because of record
high hog marketings, there
will be a plentiful supply of
cork. ,
Meatfacts is available
from the American Meat
Institute, P.O. Box 3556,
Washington, D.C. 20007.
Single copies are $l.OO each;
quantities of two or more are
55 cents each.