USDA soil and water
appraisal now available
HARRISBURG The most
appraisal ever
conducted of the Nation's soil and
water resources is available for
reference in local offices of the Soil
Conservation Service and the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service. v ,
SCS Chief Norman A. Berg said
that the appraisal which was
called for by the Soil and Water
Resources Conservation Act of
1977 reveals that soil erosion is
critical in many important far
ming areas of the United States. If
continued, Berg said, these high
erosion rates will reduce the future
ability of the country to produce
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EQUIP.
RDI,
Spring Mills, PA
(814)422-8805
STOUFFER BROS., INC. PEOPLES SALES & SERVICE BINKLEY & HURST BROS. PAUL SHOVER’S, INC.
1066 Lincoln Oakland Mills, PA 133 Rothsville Station 35 East Willow St.
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food and fiber. He added that
upstream flood damage and other
resource losses are likely to in
crease if current trends continue.
The appraisal is published in two
volumes. Part I, Status Condition
and Trends, presents data on soil,
water, and related resources in the
United States. Part 11, Analysis of
Resource Trends, shows likely
future consequences if current
practices continue.
These documents replace earlier
drafts of the RCA Appraisal.
Extensive pubhc comments on the
drafts are reflected in the final
version of Parts I and H.
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RDS, Danville, PA
(717)275-0927
2mi.S.offßte 54
Corn, tobacco production up
Harrisburg Based on
November 1 conditions, Penn
sylvania’s 1981 crops of com for
grain and tobacco should be above
last year’s production, according
to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service.
Production of com for grain is
forecast at a record high 123.7
million bushels, up 29 percent from
last year’s drought-reduced crop,
A record 1,330,000 acres will be
harvested for grain with an
average yield of 93.0 bushels per
acre.
Tobacco production is forecast
at 25.2 million pounds, up two
percent from last year. An ex
pected 13,600 acres will be har-
Eligible Modal
1190,1290,1390,
1490,1690
2090,2290
2390,2590
4490,4690,4090
ZIMMERMAN'S
FARM SERVICE
Bethel, PA
(717)933-4114
E. W. BILEWICZ C. H. WALTZ SONS, INC.
EQUIP., INC. *di.
Pim-r art Cogan Station, PA
rSZSnJ {717)435-2921
(609)881-2692
vested with an average yield of
1,850 pounds per acre.
At the United States level, feed
grain production (com, sorghum,
oats and barley combined) should
be 24 percent above last year’s
production. Corn for grain
production is forecast at a record
high 8.10 billion bushels, 22 percent
more than last year. The forecast
is two percent above the previous
record set in 1979.
Soybean production nationally is
forecast at 2.08 billion bushels,
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312 Park Ave.
Quarryville, PA
(717)786-3521
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Swine Systems
FARMER BOY AG.
457 E MAIN AVE , MYERSTOWN, PA 17067
l A Mile East of Myerstown
717-866-7565
down one percent from last
month’s forecast, but 16 percent
above the 1980 crop.
National tobacco production is
forecast at 2.03 billion pounds, 14
percent above last year’s crop.
Area for harvest should increase
five percent from last year to
963,370 acres, with an average
yield of 2,102 pounds per acre.
Pasture and range feed condition
was rated good at 80 percent of
normal, compared with 65 percent
a year ago.