WHAT WILL BE THE 1996 CORN CROP? The weather across the Com Belt this year was anything but uniform. Much of the western Com Belt saw a dry spring followed by a cool, wet summer. The eastern Com Bell experienced just the opposite—a wet spring followed by a dry summer. The eastern belt was so wet this spring that much of the com never got planted until June and some never got planted at all. USDA’s August Crop Report predicted a 118.7 bushel per acre national average com crop and the September crop report predicted a 120.2 bushel per acre average com crop. If the September report proves accurate, it would be the third highest yielding com crop on lIOfIBEK ■ ■ THREE LOCATIONS Ihe Saving (PCace FOR CASE IH 800/900/1000 SERIES CORN HEADS Longer service life is now yours because or an improved lower bearing. A single, sealed, heavy duty water pump type bearing now replaces the two needle bearings and seal. Greasing is no longer required! 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In 1993, USDA’s August and September com crop report estimated the crop at approxi mately 7.3 billion bushels. The 1993 final crop ended up at 6.3 billion bushels. Even last year, USDA’s August and September reports showed a 8.1 and 7.8 billion bushel crop, respectively. The actual crop size turned out to be less than 7.4 billion bushels. STALK ROLL PARTS PACKAGE... • No greasing required * C.B. HOOBER & SON, INC. • Intercourse, PA 717-768-8231 • HOOBER EQUIPMENT INC. • Middletown, DE 362-378-9555 • C.B. HOOBER & SON, INC. • McAlisterville, PA 717-463-2191 Don’t be fooled by light duty look alikes that will appear in the aftermarketl Even if USDA’s September crop estimate is correct, we will only add 100 million bushels to next year’s com carryover (which would be the second lowest in history). If USDA has overestimated this year’s late crop by anywhere near as much as they’ve overestimated previ ous late planted com crops, we will have the tightest com supp ly in history. Prices as I write this do not reflect a tight supply situation. However, com is still slightly higher than it was last year at this time. USDA’s projected national average price is slightly higher for the 1996 crop than the actu al price was for the ’95 crop and that’s assuming we have a 120-bushel per acre crop! Don’t be too suiprised if we see a strong rally in prices this winter, followed by another OLD STYLE <s Com Talk, Lancaster.farming, Saturday,, Octpber 12, iHMfrß*, A Silage Conference To Be Held At Hershey HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Silage production is a key component of dairy and lives tock production systems across the U.S. and is especially important in Pennsylvania. An upcoming conference, “Silage: Field to Feedbunk,” will focus on many of the cur rent silage production issues faced by the silage producers and the livestock industry. The conference will be held at the Hershey Lodge and Con vention Center in Hershey Feb. 11-13. 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