USDA extends corn-sorghum reserve rotation
YORK Farmers who have
corn or grain sorghum in the
producer-owned grain reserve now
may rotate these crops out of
storage up to 60 days before
replacing it with newly-harvested
grain, according to Richard
Deardorff, Chairman of the York
County ASC Committee.
Secretary of Agriculture John R.
Block said it is routine for fanners
to remove old-crop reserve grain
from storage and replace it with
the new crop in order to maintain
the quality of grain under loan.
Block said in many parts of the
country, the 1981 crops of com and
grain sorghum were harvested
during abnormally wet weather
and stored at a higher moisture
level than usual. In addition, ex
cessive rains and high humidity
and temperatures in many major
grain-producing areas this year
have led to a greater than usual
possibility of stored grain going out
of condition, he said.
The rotation period extension is
a one-time change made to cope
with special weather conditions
and will apply only to the
replacement of prior years’ crops
with production from 1982 crops.
Wheat and barley were not in
cluded in this decision because
those commodities have not had
deterioration problems.
Producers wishing to take ad
vantage of the extended rotation
period should contact their county
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service office prior
to removing their crops from
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storage.
Deardorff also noted record or
near record exports of U.S. wheat
seem likely for 1982/83.
The United States will have large
supplies and world wheat
prospects look down 2 percent
from last year, according to a
report issued recently by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Economic Research Service in
Washington, D C.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Crops,
computers and cuisine are just a
few of the offerings visitors will see
at the University of Maryland’s
1982 Crops and Soils Field Day,
August 18.
The annual open house for
farmers, urban gardeners,
scientists, agri-business people
and the general public is a
showcase of the latest in
agriculture and aquaculture
research, home economics and
engineering studies.
Held at the university's Wye
Research and Education Center on
Maryland's Eastern Shore, this
year’s program includes:
Experiments with new farm
and garden crop varieties;
Studies of coping with insect
pests;
New plant breeding programs
for the food of tommorrow;
A special home economics
program that describes “fad
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The U.S. crop may total over 2.7
billion bushels, only 3 percent
below 1981’s record high harvest.
Although the U.S. wheat crop,
amounts to one-sixth of the world
crop, the United States provides
nearly half the 100 million metric
tons of wheat that flow in in
ternational trade.
Because weather reduced crop
prospects in Australia the
diets”, some new ideas about the
sweet potato, and, seafood for
“calorie conscious cuisine”;
Engineers’ studies of raising
fish and shellfish down on the
farm;
** Bringing the computer to the
rural farm operation;
Scientists’ efforts to squeeze a
few barrels of oil from Maryland
PP&L slates nature show
J-EQUEA “Miracles of
Nature,” a program designed to
show the wonder of nature and the
importance of wildlife con
servation, will be conducted
Saturday, Aug. 28 at the recreation
area near Lake Aldred.
Carl Nolt, a local naturalist, will
present a slide show that portrays
*■>.„ nature throughout
47x144' Milking
Parlor and Holding
30'x50' Milk House,
Utility Room & Office
USSR, USDA economists estimate
the world wheat crop at 445 million
metric tons, off 2 percent from
1981/82. Trade, spurred by ex
panded use in many countries,
may break the 100 million ton
mark, and total world use could
even outrun production, causing a
slight downturn in world stocks.
Wheat exports from the United
States may match last year’s
vegetables to “extend” diesel fuel.
Farm wagons will carry visitors
to exhibits around the center. The
tours begin at 9 a.m. and run until
noon. Other exhibits are displayed
until 4 p.m.
The Crops and Soils Field Day is
sponsored jointly by the University
of Maryland’s Agricultural Ex-
the year. The program will begin
at 9 p.m. in the Pequea Creek
Picnic Pavilion.
Lake Aldred is an eight-mile
impoundment of the lower
Susquehanna River that stores
water for Pennsylvania Power &
Light Co’s Holtwood Hydroelectric
Station.
Area
We will
custom build
all types of
farm buildings
for every
need
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, August 14,1982-Al9
record high, 1.77 million bushels
(48.1 million metric tons). Due to
Chinese demand, a record 15
million bushels (48.1 million
metric tons). Due to Chinese
demand, a record 15 million tons,
Soviet wheat imports of nearly 20
million tons, and weather damage
to India’s crop, economists expect
the strong exports of U.S. wheat to
continue.
periment Station, the Cooperative
Extension Service, the College of
Agriculture, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, and the Wye In
stitute.
The Wye Research and
Education Center is located off US
50 east, south of Queenstown.
Woolies
to meet
KINZERS The Lancaster
County 4-H Woolies Club will meet
at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the home of
Monica Esh, Kinzers, for an ice
cream party.