DlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1981
Dryness impedes grain sowing from Iberian peninsula to
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Winter
wheat is entering dormancy m
most Northern Hemisphere crop
areas, while dryness continues to
delay planting of winter grains in
parts of Spain and Portugal and
northwestern Africa, according to
a weekly report issued by the Joint
Agricultural Weather Facility of
the U.S. Departments of Com
merce and Agriculture.
Highlights of the report follow.
—USSR. light rain and snow fell
throughout most of European
USSR. Heavier amounts were
recorded in the Baltic States and
North Caucasus. Overall, winter
wheat is dormant to semi-dormant
with some growth continued in
area adjacent to the Black Sea and
North Caucasus. Snow cover
declined in the western winter
grain area due to warmer tem
pratures. In northern areas of
South Central USSR, wet weather
may have slowed the cotton har
vest.
—Europe. Winter grain sowing
was further delayed by dry
weather in Spain and Portugal,
while cold temperatures and
limited topsoil moisture was un
favorable to early establishment of
the winter wheat crop in northern
Italy. Beneficial rain improved
subsoil moisture in winter wheat
areas of Hungary, Yugoslavia and
Bulgaria. Winter wheat in the
north was fore .id into dormancy by
cold temperatures while milder
weather promoted early growth in
northern Mediterranean grain
areas.
—United States. Mild weather
dominated the nation’s mid
section, but unseasonably colder
temperatures were reported over
the East and the West. Seasonal
storms maintained the snow cover
in the northern wheat belts. Highly
benefical precipitation increased
the snow pack in the higher
mountains of the southwest. Final
phases of the harvest were slowed
by seasonal precipitation in many
areas east of the Rockies.
—Mexico. Mild temperatures
and abundant sunshine over most
of the country favored develop
ment of west coast vegetables and
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the harvest of corn, beans,
sugarcane and citrus.
—South America. Mostly dry
weather in southern Buenos Aires
and La Pampa provinces of
Argentina aided ripening of wheat
to be harvested shortly. Locally
heavy rain interrupted planting of
sorghum and other crops in
southeran Cordoba and extreme
northeastern La Pampa.
In Brazil, rainfall in northern
Rio Grande do Sul probably in
terfered wth the late wheat har
vest. Scattered showers in most
soybeans and com areas kept
topsoils moist, aiding emergence
and early growth of soybeans and
late vegetative growth of com.
Adequate soil moisture is available
in Sao Paulo where warm, dry
weather coincided with the
beginning of the reproductive
period for early-seeded com.
—Australia. The wheat harvest
is nearly complete in much of
Queensland and well underway in
northern New South Wales. The
harvest is just beginning in other
major wheat producing areas.
Rainfall in the Northern Territory
'and much of Queensland, benefited
spnng-sown crops, pastures and
sugarcane along Queensland’s
coast.
—Southeast Asia. Most rain fell
to the south over peninsular
Thailland, Malaysia and In
donesia. Weekly amounts were
below average. Typhoon Irma
damaged Philippine rice and
sugarcane as it moved west over
Camarines Sur province, passing
to the south of Manila before
turning north into the South China
Sea.
—lndia. Relatively dry weather
aided winter grain planting m
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar. Harvest” of cotton,
groundnuts and autumn rice to
progress with few delays.
—Eastern Asia. Dry weather in
northeran crop areas of China
allowed final cotton harvest ac
tivity to progress with little delay,
but dimmed sowing prospects for
unirrigated winter grains areas of
Hebei and surrounding locations.
Also, cold temperatures in nor-
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winter grains into dormancy. Wet especially in southwestern com
weather benefitted early growth of areas
winter grains in the southeast
interior but slowed harvest of late
rice m southern coastal areas
—South Africa. Widespread
showers were beneficial for sowing
and emergence of corn, now being
planted. Topsoil moisture con
ditions have improved recently.
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Assistant Sec. of Agriculture. C.W.
McMillan said that USDA officials
will work with the swine industry
to devise plans to combat and
eventually eradicate
pseudorabies, including
development of pilot eradication
programs.
A recent USDA cost-benefit
study showed the disease is now
costing the U.S. swine industry
about $34 million per year.
Pseudorabies was reported in
swine in 24 states in 1980.
It is a virus disease of swine and
other animals. Young pigs affected
with the disease usually die, while
mature hogs may show little or no
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—Northwestern Africa. Needed
rain fell on winter grain areas of
northeast Algeria and northern
Tunisia, but dry weather continued
over western Algeria and Morocco.
Persistent dryness has delayed
signs of the disease. Pseudorabies
is usually fatal when it spreads to
cattle, sheep, dogs, cats and
wildlife. It does not affect humans.
“USDA will work with the swine
industry to develop pilot
eradication programs in areas of
several states to assess different
methods of cleaning up infected
herds and areas,” McMillan said.
A group of authorities on this
subject met recently at the
headquarters of the National Pork
Producers Council, m Oes Moines,
lowa, McMillan said. The
authorities included represen
tatives of the swine industry and
farm organizations, as well as
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planting of winter grains which
normally begins in early
November and continues well into
December. In Morocco, they dry
spell has also limited water sup
plies to' some cities. Good
December rainfall would still
allow planting to begin and timely
rains throughout the remainder of
the growing season can still im
prove crop prospects.
possible
university and government
scientists and veterinarians.
The group "said eradication of
pseudorabies should be national
public policy.
The group also asked for ad
ditional research to improve and
standardize diagnostic testing;
develop better vaccines; and gain
a better understanding of the
epidemiology and latent form of
the disease. It also called for in
dustry consultation with USDA to
make current interstate shipping
regulations more equitable for all
swine producers.
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