All three regions of the state this
week reported five days suitable
for fieldwork. Field activities for
, the week included: spraying;
baling straw; plowing; making
hay; and harvesting wheat, oats,
peaches, apples, cantaloupes,
potatoes, cabbage, sweet corn, and
tomatoes.
Showers were scattered during
the week providing adequate
moisture conditions in some
localitites while others had
a moisture deficiency causing
moisture stress in some crops.
Statewide, 90 percent of FDA
reporters rated topsoil moisture
short, 45 percent rated it adequate,
and 5 percent rated it surplus. In
the northern region 53 percent
rated it short, 41 percent rated it
adequate, and 6 percent rated it
surplus. In the central region 75
percent rated it short, and 25
percent rated it adequate, while in
the southern region, soil moisture
was rated short by 27 percent of
reporters, adequate by 67 percent,
and surplus by 6 percent.
In Pennsylvania, com was 60
percent silked and 22 percent in
.dough compared with 60 percent
W silked and 20 percent in dough last
year and also compared with the
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five year average of 57 percent
silked and 16 percent in dough. In
the northern region 61 percent of
the com crop was silked, and 18
percent was in dough, in the
central region 65 percent was
silked, and 15 percent was in
dough, while in the southern region
54 percent was silked, and 32
percent was in dough.
Statewide, 13 percent of the
potato crop was harvested, about
the same as last year. In the
northern region 10 percent'was
harvested, in the central region
less than five percent was har
vested, while in the southern
region 22 percent of the potato crop
was harvested.
Wheat harvest in the com
monwealth was virtually com
plete, approximately a week ahead
of last year.
By the end of the week, 63 per
cent of the oat crop was harvested,
about the same as last year. In the
northern region 52 percent was
harvested, in the central region 54
percent was harvested, and in the
southern region 80 percent of the
oat crop was harvested.
Statewide, fall plowing was six
percent complete with five percent
last year. In the northern and
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percent was complete, while in the
southern region, 11 percent was
complete.
Second crop alfalfa was 72
percent harvested compared with
71 percent harvested last year. In
the north 63 percent was har
vested, in the central region 66
percent was harvested in the
southern region 85 percent of the
second crop was harvested. Third
crop alfalfa was 13 percent har
vested compared with 10 percent
last year. In the north five percent
was harvested, in the central
region seven percent was har
vested, and in the south 20 percent
of the third crop was harvested.
By the end of the week, second
crop clo-tim was 39 percent har
vested compared with 42 percent
last year. In the northern region 39
percent was harvested, in the
central region 29 percent was
harvested, and in the southern
region 44 percent was harveted.
The quality of hay made in the
state during the week was rated
fair by S 2 percent of our reporters
and good by 48 percent. In the
northern region 44 percent rated it
fair, and 56 percent rated it
good. In the central region it was
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rated fair by 42 percent and good
by 58 percent, while in the southern
region iiay quality was rated fair
by 71 percent of our reporters and
good by 29 percent. The amount of
feed obtained from pastures was
rated average by 60 percent of our
reporters, below average by 38
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"Egg producers benefit from the
purchase of spent fowl by the
USDA for the school lunch
program,” explained Cathy Mc-
Charen, director of nutrition for
UEF.
“This is an important market
because it represents the only
competition for Campbell Soup Co.
in the purchase of spent fowl."
Turning responsibility back to
the states would not only have a
widespread impact on the quality
of the school lunch program, but
would affect commodity
distribution, such as food banks
and food for the elderly, she added.
“If it is turned back to the states,
you would have different
percent.
Another week of good weather
allowed the winter wheat harvest
to advance rapidly; progress
nearly caught up with normal in
many state. Rainfall in eastern
areas benefited crops and
pastures, but more is needed.
nutritional standards for school
lunches and no consistency among
the states. And there’s no
guarantee that nutritional stan
dards would be as high as they are
now under the federal govern
ment.”
The various agricultural com
modity organizations, consumer
advocate groups and school food
service groups began meeting this
week to formulate support for
keeping the school lunch program
under federal responsibility.
Among testimony expected to be
given at the September 21 hearings
in support of federal retention will
be that from various state and
municipal officials and the com
modity groups.
The docket for the hearings is
still open. Groups or individuals
wishing to present testimony
should contact Nancy Kober,
Subcommittee on Elementary,
Secondary and Vocational
Education, Room B-346, Rayburn
Building, Washington, D.C. 20515;
Tel: (202) 225-4368.
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