C2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981 WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the United States grew warmer and dryer from lack of seasonal precipitation, heavy rams fell in many growing areas of the Southern Hemisphere, according to a weekly report issued Tuesday by the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility of the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Agriculture. Highlights of the report fellow. --United States. Only the Southeast had below-normal temperatures last week as warmer conditions spread over nearly all of the country Wheat broke dormancy as far north as Montana creating an unhealthy situation should firgid weather suddenly return Winter wheat fields in the central states remain too dry, but some rain was recorded in southeast and western regions -South Asia, A slow-moving westerly storm dropped abundant rain on northern India’s winter grains, easing the need for irrigation water and improving conditions in unirrigated fields Grams are in the mositure sensitive heading stage -South Africa. Corn growing in ZOOK MOLASSES CO. ONE STOP FOR ANIMAL FEEDING MOLASSES HONEY BROOK LIQUID & DRIED MOLASSES HONEY BROOK LIQUID FEEDING CANE MOLASSES *j&. , ZOOK MOUSSES CO. WEST MAIN ST.. HONEY BROOK, PA 19344 QSL —4 ALONG RT, 322 PH: 215-273-3776 a DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Southern hemisphere gets rain the Maize Triangle benefited from abundant moisture last week. Previously, some areas of southern and western Orange Free State were becoming too dry as the crop entered the moisture sensitive reproductive stage -South America. Corn and soybeans in Argentina received heavy showers last week aiding the reproductive stages of the crops In Brazil, scattered showers fell on the soybean crop which is flowering, with pods forming on early-seeded plants in northern crop areas Western USSR. Winter grams benefited from increased snowcover last week as above normal precipitation was recorded over the western third of the winter wheat belt Snow is most needed in the northeastern Ukraine, northern North Caucasus, southern Black Soils and lower Volga Valley Current above-normal tem peratures pose no threat of win terkill. -Eastern Asia. Despite light precipitation over most agricultural areas in China, winter grains remained dry, indicating THE COMPLETE, CONVENIENT, BALANCED Din SUPPLEMENT... OFFERS MAXIMUM NUTRITION FOR NORSES AND PONIES. 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