USDA economists
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this year, the USSR suffered its
third consecutive poor harvest.
World coarse grain .trade this
season is projected at 115.6 mint.,
of which the U.S. holding better
than half the world stocks-should
account for 72 mint., up slightly
over the 1980/81 export level.
U.S. domestic feed use should be
up 6 percent this season to further
ease the supply, but, even so,
stocks should build 18 mmt. this
season to a total of 53 mmt. only
about matching 1979/80’s ending
stocks. The mid-November outlook
for the 1981/82 crop year is for corn
prices to average $2.55-$2.80 per
bushel, down freon last season’s
record $3.10.
Food Grafts: This season’s
world food grain harvests were so
abundant that gains in Outlook
production of 2.4 percent will not
only cover growth in consumption,
but should also allow for some
minor stock buildup, said USDA
economist John C. Dunmore. The
" record U.S. "wheat crop of 74.8
mint, is a major factor in this
abundance.
Major wheat exporters, in
cluding the U.S., Australia, and
Canada, enjoyed gains in
production averaging almost 11
percent. Of all major exporters,
only the European Community had
a smaller crop, while Argentina’s
crop is now forecast to be at about
last year’s level.
Meanwhile, major importers,
.including Eastern Europe, the
USSR, China,'Brazil, North Africa,
and Spain, averaged a 6.8 percent
smaller.crop. Only China showed a
gain among major' importers.
Result: world wheat trade should
be up from last season’s 98 mmt.
The forecast, ranges from 98.5 to
108.7 mmt.
Beef Cattle: High expectations
among cattle producers for 1981
meat prices soured as the economy
slowed, interest rates rose, and
consumer budgets tightened.
The outlook is for continuing
slow beef price gains through mid
-1982, although lower feed costs,
moderating interest rates, and
improved forage conditions should
restrain production costs. Beef
production should rise 3 to 4 per
cent in 1932 as the herd expansion
continues, said USDA livestock
economist Ronald A. Gustafson.
Pork: After declining about 6
percent in 1981 from record 1980
output of 16.4 billion pounds, pork
production is expected to decline
another 4 to 6 percent next year.
Even so, supplies should still be
ample-especially with high
production of competing meats
and with sluggish consumer
demand.
Second-half 1981 hog prices were
up sharply from the low levels of
January-June 1981.
Prices to producers are expected
to strengthen in 1982, and the
Peechatka named SCSA vice-president
ANKENY, lowa Walter N.
Peechatka, director of the Bureau
of Soil and Water Conservation in
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources,
Harrisburg, was named executive
vice president of the Soil Con
servation Society of America.
Peechatka’s appointment, an
nounced by Society President
Robert C. Baum of Salem, Oregon,
will be effective March 1,1982.
Peechatka succeeds Walter E.
Jeske as the executive officer of
the 14,000-member, international
Society, which was founded in 1946
as a private, nonprofit scientific
and eduational association
dedicated to promoting of wise use
of land and water resources. Jeske
died last August shortly before he
average price of barrows and gilts
may range from $46 to $5O per cwt.,
said USDA livestock analyst
James E. Nix.
Poultry: The record feed grain
crop should also benefit poultry
and egg producers in 1982, easing
pressures from the expected weak
poultry and egg prices during the
first half of next year.
Broiler producers are expected
to expand output by about 1 per
cent, but egg production may
decrease slightly, and turkey
production could decline 4 to 6
percent, according to USDA
economist Allen Baker.
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was to have assumed the Society’s
top administrative post.
Peechatka has served as
director of the Pennsylvania
Bureau of Soil and Water Con
servation and executive secretary
of the State Conservation Com
mission since 1971. In this
capacity, he has directed a staff of
professional foresters,
agronomists, geologists, and
engineers.
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the statewide efforts of con
servation districts and since 1972
has managed a mandatory erosion
and sediment control program, the
first program of its kind in the
nation.
Other Bureau functions have
involved Peechatka in surface
mine reclamation, nonpoint
pollution control, watershed
planning, soil survey, recreation,
and joint federal-state con
servation planning.
Prior to 1971, Peechatka was
State Conservation Commission
program specialist in the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture. He also worked with
the Pennsylvania Department of
Forests and Waters as a service
forester, then as assistant
supervisor of the state’s
Cooperative Forest Management
Program.
Peechatka is a member of SCSA,
the Association of State Soil
Conservation Administration
Officers, and the Pennsylvania
Forestry Association.
Peechatka, who hails from
Scranton, graduated from Pocono
High-School in 1957. He earned a
B.S. degree in forestry from Penn
State in 1961.
Peechatka and his wife, Bonita,
have two children, Troy and Trent.