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PA crop figures released
HARRISBURG - The following
crop production figures were
released recently by the National
Crop Reporting Board. The
Pennsylvania figures released by
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service are shown following the
national figures for comparison.
CORN FOR GRAIN production
is forecast at a record high 8.72
billion bushels (221 million metric
tons), up 14 percent from last year
and 6 percent more than the
previous record set in 1982. The
forecast is up over 1 percent from
the October 1 forecast. The 90
percent confidence interval for this
production forecast is 8.32 to 9.11
billion bushels.
PENNSYLVANIA CORN FOR
GRAIN production is forecast at
146.590.000 bushels .. not a record
for Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s
record year was 1984 with
148.500.000 bushels produced.
SORGHUM FOR GRAIN
production is forecast at
high 1.13 billion bushels (28.6
million metric tons), down slightly
from the October 1 forecast but 30
percent above last year’s crop.
FEED GRAIN production (com,
sorghum, oats and barley) is ex
pected to total 271 million metric
tons, up 15 percent from 1984 and
nearly double the 1983 output.
PENNSYLVANIA FEED
GRAIN production (com, oats,
barley) is forecast at 25,940,000
bushels; Oats: 21,600,000 bushels
(unchanged from October 1) and
barley 4,340,000 bushels, up
slightly from October 1 forecast.
While some sorghum is grown, it is
not included in the forecast for
Pennsylvania.
SOYBEAN production is
forecast at 2.13 billion bushels (57.9
million metric tons), 1 percent
more than the October 1 forecast
and 14 percent above 1984. The 90
percent confidence interval for this
1985 production forecast is 2.01 to
2.25 billion bushels.
PENNSYLVANIA SOYBEAN
production is forecast at 4,930,000
bushels, the same as the October 1
forecast, still down about 17% from
last year.
FALL POTATO production is
forecast at a record high 346
million cwt. (15.7 million metric
tons), up 11 percent from last year
and 7 percent above the previous
record high set in 1978. All potato
production totals a record high 400
million cwt. (18.2 million metric
tons), up 10 percent from last year
and 20 above 1983.
PENNSYLVANIA FALL
POTATO production is forecast at
5,500,000 hundred-weight. This is
the first estimate on Penn
sylvania’s potato crop and is not
expected to change significantly.
Fines levied for
meat violations
WASHINGTON - The president
and the plant manager of a
Philadelphia meat company have
been fined for violating federal
meat inspection laws, a U.S.
Department of Agriculture official
said today.
“The president of Allied Steaks
Company, Nathan Verbit, and the
company’s plant manager, Ed
ward Rosenblatt, both pleaded
guilty in U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
to preparing hamburger and
hamburger patties adulterated
with partially defatted beef fatty
tissue, an ingredient prohibited in
these products,” said Donald
Houston, administrator of USDA’s
Food Safety and Inspection Ser
vice.
Verbit was fined $3,000 and
Rosenblatt $l,OOO. In addition, a
$3,000 fine was levied against the
company.
The adulterated meat was
detected by USDA officials. USDA
is responsible for ensuring that all
meat sold in commerce is safe,
wholesome, and accurately
labeled.
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