A3O-Umcast*r Farming, Saturday, August 24,1985
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
farmers will harvest record yields
of wheat, oats, barley, rye and
other hay, and smaller production
of com, soybeans, tobacco and
alfalfa than last year based on
August 1 conditions.
According to the Pennsylvania
Crop and Livestock Reporting
Service, acreages to be harvested,
yield per acre, total estimated
production and percentage change
from 1984 are as follows: Oats
-300.000 acres, a record high 673
bushels per acre, 18,900,000
bushels, up 18 percent; Barley
-70.000 acres, a record high 62
bushels per acre, 4,340,000 bushels,
up 19 percent; Rye-20,000 acres, a
record high 40 bushels per acre,
800.000 bushels per acre, up 38
percent; and Other Hay-1,150,000
acres, 2.1 tons per acre, a record
high 2,415,000 tons, up one percent.
Com-1,370,000 acres, 105 bushels
per acre, 143,850,000 bushels, down
three percent; Wheat-210,000
acres, a record high 39 bushels per
acre, 8,190,000 bushels, down two
percent; Soybeans-170,000 acres,
Ag enrollment up at Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK - The
College of Agriculture at The
Pennsylvania State University is
beginning the 1985-86 academic
year at full strength.
“Although we won’t have final
enrollment figures until late
September or early October, we
have a sizable increase in our paid
accepts this fall,” says James S.
McCoy, director of undergraduate
student affairs for the college.
“We are expecting about 500 new
students in Ag at University Park
this week,” he continues. That
figure includes about 250 fresh
men, 55 transfers from other
colleges and universities and about
200 upper class students from Penn
State’s Commonwealth Campuses.
In addition, about 240 new students
are expected to enroll in
29 bashels per acre, 4,930.000
bushels, down 17 percent; All
Tobacco-11,500 acres, 1,914 pounds
per acre, 22,015,000 pounds, down
two percent; and Alfalfa-840,000
acres, 3.1 tons per acre, 2,604,000
tons, down three percent.
Pennsylvania apple production
is forecast at 475 million pounds,
down 17 percent from last year.
Peach production is forecast at 30
million pounds, far below the 85
million pounds produced in 1984.
This small crop is primarily the
result of winter freeze and frost
damage and some hail damage
this spring. Indicated pear
production for 1985 is 2,800 tons,
down 15 percent from 1984; and
grape production at 55,000 tons is
eight percent below last year’s
level of 60,000 tons.
The total number of farms in the
Commonwealth as of June 1,1985,
is 58,000, unchanged from last
year. Land in farms also remained
unchanged from 1984 at 8,700,000
acres.
At the United States level, com
for grain production is forecast at
agriculture at the Commonwealth
Campuses.
“To make our students feel
welcome, we have planned a full
afternoon of special orientation
activities at the Ag Arena on
August 19,” says McCoy. The
program is designed to help new
students get off on the right track
with their studies and to help them
get involved in college activities.
Students will meet in small
groups with college faculty and
university staff on subjects such
as: What’s a College Education
Worth?, Overview of the
University, Working with an
Advisor, and sessions on student
life and clubs. They will also be
guests of the college at a picnic
supper before joining other new
Penn State students for additional
orientation activities.
State projects grain records
a record high 8.27 billion bushels,
eight percent above last year. Oats
production is forecast at 519
million bushels, up ten percent
from 1984. Barley production at
599.7 million bushels is up one
percent from last year.
All wheat production is forecast
at 2.38 billion bushels, eight per
cent less than 1984. Rye production
at 19.3 million bushels is 40 percent
below 1984 production. Soybean
production is forecast at 1.96
billion bushels, five percent above
last year. All tobacco production is
forecast at 1.51 billion pounds, 12
percent below 1984. Alfalfa
production is forecast at 84.5
million tons, six percent below 1984
production. Other hay production
is forecast at 64 million tons, five
percent above last year.
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Commercial apple production is
forecast at 8.07 billion pounds,
three percent below last year’s
production. The number of farms
in the United States is estimated at
2.28 million, down two percent
from 1984. Land in farms declined
3.8 million acres from 1984 to 1.015
billion acres. The average farm
size increased from 438 acres last
year to 445 acres in 1985.
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