D22— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8, 1980
LITITZ This summer’s
hot, dry weather has cut 1900
crop production, reducing
1960-01 supplies of feed
grams, cottons, and oilseeds.
With tighter supplies and
relatively strong demand,
prices of farm commodites
have risen sharply; prices
received by farmers for all
farm products climbed 10
percent from June to
August, although it was up
only 7.5 percent from a year
Del. to hold
hearings on
preservation
DOVER, Del. —A senes of
public meetings to discuss
proposed legislation to set up
a system of agricultural
zones for the purpose of
preserving Delaware farm
land will be held in mid-
November.
Proposals to be discussed
are part of a package of
recommendations put
together by the Governor’s
Advisory Committee on
Farmland Preservation and
designed to preserve the
state’s dwindling farmland.
Public bearings on the
committee’s recom
mendations are scheduled as
follows: Monday, November
10, 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol
Grange, South Governors
Avenue, Dover; Thursday,
November 13, 7:30 p.m. at
Delaware Technical and
Community College,
Southern Campus, Rooms
344 A and B Georgetown;
and Monday, November 17,
7:30 p.m. at Gunning Bed
ford Junior High School
Auditorium, Cox Neck Road
(County Road 411 near
Delaware City).
The committee, which
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Tighter feed grain supplies predicted
earlier.
Despite the gains in
livestock and poultry prices,
higher feed prices will again
squeeze feeding margins this
fall.
Although net farm income
in 1980 will still be down
significantly from 1979, the
income picture has im
proved from the first half of
the year due to sharp
summer advances in crop
and livestock prices
includes representatives
from farm groups, real
estate, government and the
Delaware Cooperative
Extension Service, has been
studying causes of farmland
loss since March, 1960.
A summary of them fin
dings and recommendations
or the full report are
available by writing to:
Governor’s Advisory
Committee on Farmland
Preservation, c/o Stephen D.
Corazza, Office of
Management;' Budget and
Planning, P.O. Box 1401,
Dover, DE19901.
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Net farm income is now
forecast to be $23 to 025
billion this year, down 20 to
25 percent from 1979 Much
of this decline is due to the
large change in inventories
from 1979 to 1980.
As a result, net farm in
come before inventory
adjustment and on a cash
income basis (excluding
inventories and noncash
income and expenses) will
decline about half that
much
The first detailed 1979
farm income statistics have
recently been completed.
These estimates incorporate
recent data from the Farm
Production Expenditures
Survey plus an update of 1979
cash receipts.
As a result, net farm in
come for 1979 is now
estimated at $3l billion,
down from the earlier
forecast of $33.3 billion.
Total cash receipts were
only slightly higher than
earlier estimated, but
production expenses in
creased an estimated 18
percent instead of the IS
percent forecast earlier.
Retail food prices are now
expected to rise eight to 10
percent in 1980, with the
most likely outcome about
nine percent. In the second
half of 1900, retail food prices
will be pushed up more by a
higher farm value than by
rising marketing costs.
In 1981, retail food prices
could rise 10 to 15 percent
Substantially higher retail
prices are expected for red
meats and poultry, as total
supplies of these products
will decline from 1980’s
record levels. Thus, while
marketing cost will continue
to increase in 1981, there will
be more upward pressure on
food prices from the farm
sector than in 1980.
U.S. agricultural exports
likely will hit $4O billion in
fiscal 1980. The present
export strength is expected
to carry over into fiscal 1981.
With slightly larger volume
and higher prices, the value
of exports in fiscal 1981 could
range from $4O to $45 billion.
Transportation activity
was brisk this summer, with
July railcar loadings the
highest in two years and
barge loadings setting a
record. The market share
among U.S. ports shifted
somewhat this year, with
Gulf and Pacific ports
gaming in both relative and
absolute terms.
Atlantic ports moved a
large volume, but their
market share still slipped.
The Lake ports experienced
losses in both volume and
share.
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