A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 25,1981 Rainfall a mixed LANCASTER - Rainfall helped crop conditions in the United States and parts of Europe last week, but caused problems for crops in China and South America, according to a weekly report issued today by the Joint Agricultural Weather Facility of the U.S. Departments of Com merce and Agriculture. Highlights of the report follow: -United States. Very mild temperatures were accompanied by beneficial rams across most of the Com Belt, the Great Lakes and east from the central Mississippi Valley. Cooler weather moved into the Pacific Northwest. Rain in northwest Kansas and southwest Oklahoma aided winter grams. Limited moisture in other areas caused some crop stress, particularly m the Northern 'Texas - Oklahoma Panhandle regions. -China. Heavy ram continued south of the Yangtze River with reports received of flooding in PSU farm articles win excellence awards UNIVERSITY PARK - 'Five members of Penn State Univer sity's Extension Service staff have been named state winners in the Search for Professional Ex cellence Program sponsored by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The program is designed to report the activities of Extension educators whose programs exemplify professional ac complishment in their work, points out Joseph Macialek, Extension community resource development agent stationed in Scranton and state program chairman. State winners by categories are: Farm income: John Creighton, Wayne County Extension director, won on the basis of his dairy bam ventilation program that resulted in unproved herd health. Rural development; Guy Temple, Extension community resource development agent stationed in Lewisburg, was JD 24 Skid Steer Loader *3950 AC 600 No Till with Monitor, Real Clean *4850 Hunad, Jiangxi and Fujian. This has created problems for newly sown crops. Most winter wheat regions received only light rain fall. Severe moisture deficits have not developed yet, but warm weather has encouraged winter gram growth and increased crop water needs in dry parts of Hebei, necessitating increased irrigation. -South America. Ram delayed Argentina's crop harvest last week. To date, 35 percent of the sorghum and 40 percent of the com have been harvested. The soybean harvest m just underway. In Brazil, dry weather aided crop harvesting, but m the south where the soybean harvest is beginning, continued dryness has reduced soil moisture reserves considerably. -Mexico. Heavy rainfall in March over northwestern honored for his program with pubhc officials concerning the use of sewage lagoons for small communities. Urban programs; Charles Replogle, Allegheny County Ex tension agent, won with his entry focusing on the integration of rural and urban boys and girls in 4-H camp with emphasis on energy conservation. 4-H and youth; Ann McManus, Allegheny County Extension agent, for increasing 4-H enrollment and pubhc awareness of 4-H programs. Administrative manage: E.V. Chadwick, Luzerne County Ex tension director, for increasing productivity and 4-H membership through reorganization of staff responsibilities. Chadwick also was named a regional winner and will present his paper at the National Association of County Agricultural Agents* EVERGREEN TRACTOR CO., INC. JD 1240 Plateless w/lnsect., *2550 blessing in world crop outlook watersheds increased irrigation water supplies to a point where they are adequate for most spring and summer crops. -USSR. Above normal ram in eastern European USSR and below normal rainfall in the west were recorded last week. Soil moisture was good to somewhat excessive, and it ap pears that field work has not been seriously hindered. Temperatures rose to hear normal in the winter gram belt, permitting renewed crop growth. Above-normal March precipitation improved the spring gram-sowing outlook and helped planting conditions for cotton as well. --Europe. Soil moisture 30 EVERGREEN ROAD. LEBANON, PA 17042 JO 4430 Quad-Range Air, Heat, Radio *21,500 A LESSON WELL LEARNED... LANCASTER FARMING'S CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS! Phone: 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 PH: 717-272-4641 remained m good supply m most countries due to substantially above-normal precipitation. Continued rainfall further improved growing con ditions m Portugal and northern Spam. Adequate moisture conditions prevailed m northern Italy, but moisture is only marginal in southern Spam. -India. Dry weather provided more favorable harvest conditions m the winter gram areas of Pakistan and India. No serious losses are expected from last month’s unfavorable cool, damp harvest conditions. -Northwestern Africa. Very light rainfall m northern Morocco helped winter grains ease through the filling stage. Further potential JD 420 w/Three Point Hitch, Real Clean *lB5O JD 1250 Plateless DisK Openers *3850 yield losses due to dryness are now unlikely, but production from this area wUI be far below normal. Rainfall in south Moroccan winter grain areas has been in sufficient to produce a crop. In Algeria and Tunisia, dry weather returned following the previous week’s abundant rainfall. Below normal March rainfall in some areas had dimmed crop prospects, but current moisture supplied should assure near normal yields. March -South Africa. Two weeks of mild, dry weather in April indicate the autumn retreat of the In tertropcial Convergence Zone which is associated with the wet season in the Maize Triangle. The com harvest has begun with favorable weather. AUTHORIZED HOLLAfSC PARTS and SERVICE JD 4620 Power Shift, Air, Heat, Quick-Coupler *18,300 WAIVER OF FINANCE ON NEW JOHN DEERE BALERS, MOWER-CONDITIONERS, & HARVESTERS. INTEREST FREE TILL OCTOBER 1,1981
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