D26-Lancaster Farming Saturday, March 15,1986
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania
farmers had 1,960,000 cattle and
calves on hand on January 1, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service,
unchanged from the January 1,
1985 level.
The state’s calf crop for 1985 was
840,000, up one percent from the
1984 crop. All cows that have
calved at 937,000 was one percent
more than a year ago. Milk cow
numbers at 747,000 was up two
percent from January 1,1986 Beef
cows at 190,000 were unchanged
from a year ago Milk cow
replacement heifers 500 pounds
and over at 290,000 were six per
cent below last year and beef cow
replacement heifers at 37,000 were
10 percent below last year.
Other heifers 500 pounds and
over at 49,000 were up 14 percent
Steers in the same weight category
at 225,000 were down two percent
and bulls at 29,000 were down 12
percent from 1985. All calves under
500 pounds at 393,000 were up four
percent from last year.
There were 46,000 Pennsylvania
farmers who had cattle and 21,000
operations with milk cows during
1985.
Beef cows, at 33.6 million, are
five percent below January 1,1985,
the lowest since 1966. Milk cows, at
11.2 million, are up three percent
from January 1, 1985 and the
highest since 1975.
Other class estimates on
January 1, and the changes from
last year and two years ago,
respectively, are as follows - All
heifers 500 pounds and over 18 0
million down, two percent and
three percent Beef replacement
heifers, 5.15 million, down seven
percent and 17 percent Milk
replacement heifers, 4.76 million,
virtually unchanged and up five
percent Other heifers, 8 09
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Cattle numbers steady
million, up fractionally and up percent and two percent,
three percent Steers weighing 500 The 1985 calf crop is estimated at
pounds and over, 16.0 million, 41.0 million, down three percent
down two percent from both years from 1984, down seven percent
Bulls weighing 500 pounds and from 1983 and is the lowest since
over, 2.26 million, down six percent 1961 This calf crop is down frac
and 11 percent. Calves under 500 tionally from the expected calf
pounds, 24.4 million, down eight crop published last July Calves
percent and 12 percent. All cattle born during the first half of the
and calves on feed January 1 for year were estimated at 71 5 per
slaughter, 11 4 million, down pipM cent of the annual total.
Meat imports below quota trigger
WASHINGTON - The US
Department of Agriculture has
announced that the first quarterly
estimate of U.S. meat imports for
1986 is below the level that would
require quotas on imports under
the Meat Import Act of 1979.
Bentley said that based on USDA
estimates of available supplies,
imports of beef and certain other
meats should be no more than 1,300
million pounds-about 140 million
pounds below the 1986 trigger level
of 1,440 million pounds.
The Meat Import Act requires
the President to restrict imports of
Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total*
* Totals may not add due to
rounding
certain meats primarily beef
and veal if the USDA estimate
equals or exceeds the trigger level
“Based on today’s estimate,
there is no need to impose import
restrictions during the quarter
beginning January 1,” Bentley
said. “Our analysis of conditions in
this country and abroad affecting
meat imports strongly suggests
there will be no need for import
restrictions for the remainder of
the year.”
Imports of meat subject to the
law by month are •
1982
1983
Million Pounds
55.5
67.5
127.9
119.2
86.0
160.6
99.2
133.8
237 4
126.6
33.9
71 7
1,319.6
74.6
98.2
1,148 7
54.1
1,240.1
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