Crop Report Released
FOR THE WEEK ENDING JULY 19
GOOD WEEK FOR FIELD WORK: Five days were rated suit
able for field work this past week. Activities for the week included:
harvesting small grains, hay, and haylage; spraying com and soy
beans; machinery maintenance; caring for livestock.
SOIL MOISTURE: Topsoil moisture was rated short by 18 per
cent of our reporters, adequate by 73 percent, and surplus by 9 percent.
In the northern region, 11 percent rated supplies short, 78 percent
adequate, and 11 percent surplusTln the central region, supplies were
rated short by 23 percent, adequate by 64 percent, and surplus by 13
percent. In the southern region, supplies were rated short by 20 percent
and adequate by 80 percent.
CORN: By the end of the week, 27 percent of the state’s com
acreage was in the silking stage of development. This compares to 20
percent last year and 14 percent on the average. The average com stalk
height was S 9 inches, 6 inches taller than last year and 12 inches taller
than the five year average. The com crop condition was rated 2 percent
poor, 11 percent fair, 43 percent good, and 44 percent excellent.
SOYBEANS: Across the state, soybeans were rated 3 percent poor,
16 percent fair, 49 percent good, and 32 percent excellent.
WHEAT: Our reporters indicate that 16 percent of the wheat was
turning yellow, 42 percent was ripe, and 42 percent was harvested.
Last year the crop was 10 percent turning yellow, 38 percent ripe, and
52 percent harvested. The crop’s condition was 2 percent poor, 16 per
cent fair, 54 percent good, and 28 percent excellent
BARLEY: The state’s barley crop was 9 percent turning yellow, 11
percent ripe, and 80 percent harvested compared to 4 percent turning
yellow, 19 percent ripe, and 77 percent harvested last year. NOTE:
Last week’s barley in the ripe stage should have been reported as 17
percent rather than 7 percent
OATS: Reports show the state’s oat crop to be 26 percent headed or
heading, 35 percent turning yellow, 28 percent ripe, and 11 percent
harvested. In 1986 the crop was 18 percent headed or heading, 42 per
cent turning yellow, 34 percent ripe, and 6 percent harvested. The oats
crop condition was 1 percent poor, 15 percent fair, 48 percent good,
and 36 percent excellent
HAY AND PASTURE: The second cutting of alfalfa hay was 47
percent complete compared to last year’s 57 percent. The first cutting
of clover-timothy was 92 percent complete compared to 97 percent last
year. Quality of hay was rated poor by 36 percent of our reporters, fair
by 46, and good by 18 percent The amount of feed being obtained
from pasture was rated above average by 17 percent of our reporters,
average by 73 percent and below average by 10 percent
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: Peaches were rated in about aver
age condition by 6 percent of our reporters, average by 75 percent and
below average by 19 percent. Apples were rated in above average con
dition by 19 percent of our reporters, average by 76 percent and below
average by 5 percent. Early varieties of cabbage and sweet com are
being harvested.
U.S. AS OF JULY 12: Rain spurred crop growth and development
across the Com Belt and Central Great Plains. Crop development con
tinued ahead of normal in most areas. Precipitation eased the dry con
ditions in the Northern Great Plains. Crops were mostly in good condi
tion throughout the nation. Winter wheat was 70 percent harvested
compared with 72 percent in 1986 and 63 percent normally. Harvest
increased 10 points despite rain in the Northern and Central Plains and
the Com Belt. Com condition was mostly good to excellent. In the 17
major com producing states, silking was 47 percent finished, nearly
three times greater than normal. Silking more than doubled from the
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Farm Calendar
(Continued from Page A 10)
Thursday, July 20
York County Holstein Picnic at
Earl Fuhrman Farm, Hanover.
Camden County, N.J., 4-H Fair;
continues through Aug. 1.
Franklin County Holstein Picnic,
Friday, July 31
Dauphin County Nutrient Man
agement Field Day, Paul Clug
ston Farm, Route 225, Halifax,
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Western Pa. Championship Hols
tein Show, Mercer, 9 a.m.
Blair County Holstein Sale,
Martinsburg.
Lebanon County Holstein Show, 9
a.m.
Saturday, August 1
Pa. Simmental Field Day, G and J
Valley Farm, Spring Grove, 9
a.m.
Berks County Dairy Festival,
Grings Mill.
York County 4-H Horse Roundup,
8:30 a.m., Spring Valley Park
Animal Arena.
Milk Priced A
NEW YORK Dairy farmers
who supplied milk plants regulated
under die New York-New Jersey
marketing orders during June 1987
will be paid on the basis of a uni
form price of $11.35 per hundred
weight, 24.4 cents per quart; the
price for the corresponding month
last year was $11.27 per hundred
weight. Market Administrator
Thomas A. Wilson stated that the
price was $11.30 in May 1987. The
uniform price is a marketwide
weighted average of the value rtf
farm milk used for fluid and manu
factured dairy products.
The seasonal incentive plan
removed 40 cents per hundred
weight from the dairy fanners’
previous week. The soybean crop was 48 percent in the bloom stage in
the 19 major soybean producing states more than doubling the 20
percent average.
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Ram Lamb Sale, Meat Evaluation
Center, Penn State, 1 p.m.
Somerset County Holstein Picnic.
Monday, August 3
Eastern Shore Championship
Holstein Show, 10 a.m.. Queen
Anne’s County 4-H Park, Cen
" treville, Md.
Penn State 4-H Week, Penn State
University Park campus; con
tinues through Aug. 6.
Tuesday, August 4
Fayette County Holstein Show,
Fayette County Fairgrounds,
Uniontown, 9 a.m.
Pa. CM A Dairy and Nutrition and
Herd Heath, Lancaster Farm
and Home Center, 10 a.m.
Butler County Holstein Twilight
Meeting.
Wednesday, August 5
Lancaster County Conservation
District Meeting, Farm and
Home Center, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 6
Lancaster County Holstein Club
Field Day, Harold and Cindy
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uniform price for June, a total of $4
million. Deductions for this fund
for March through June 1987
aggregated $13.3 million. The
fund, plus interest, will be distri
buted in the August through
November uniform price
calculations.
A total of 14,845 dairy farmers
supplied the New York-New
Jersey Milk Marketing Area with 1
billion pounds of milk during June
1987. This was a decrease of 3.6
percent, about 37 million pounds
from last year. The gross value to
dairy fanners for milk deliveries
was $113.9 million. This included
differentials required to be paid to
dairy farmers but not voluntary
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Shellenberger, Mt. Joy.
Pa. Christmas Tree Growers Meet
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through Aug. 8.
Farm City Day, Penn Square,
Reading, 10:30 a.m.
Central Jersey Holstein Show, Fle
mington Fairground, 10 a.m.
Friday, August 7
Lancaster County Poultry Queen
Contest, Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, 6:30 p.m.
Clinton County Holstein Show,
Mackeyville, 10:30 a.m.
Cumberland County 4-H Dairy
Roundup, Carlisle Fairgrounds.
Morrison Cove Holstein Show,
Martinsburg, 9 a.m.
York County Potato Tour, Exten
sion Service, 9 a.m.
Saturday, August 8
Fox Hill Angus Lawn Sale, Ken
nett Square.
Eastern Pa. Championship Hols
tein Show, Kutztown, 10 a.m.
American Association of Meat
Processors Convention, Louis
ville, Ky.; continues through
Aug. 11.
McKean County 4-H Horse Show/
Roundup, Fairgrounds, East
Smethport.
Bradford County Holstein Picnic.
Chester County 4-H Market Hog
Sale.
premiums or deductions author
ized by the farmer.
Regulated milk dealers used
363.2 million pounds of milk for
Class I, 36.3 percent of the total.
This milk is used for fluid milk
products such as homogenized,
flavored, low test, and sldm milks.
For June 1987, handlers paid
$13.55 per hundredweight, 29.1
cents per quart, for Class I milk
compared with $13.53 a year ago.
The balance, 63.7 percent was
used to manufacture Class II pro
ducts including butter, cheese, ice
cream, and yogurt Handlers paid
$10.96 per hundredweight for this
milk.
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The uniform price is based on
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