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Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service (Wis.); Federal-State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service (Wis.); Federal-State Crop Reporting Service (Wis.) / Wisconsin crop and livestock reporter
Vol. XXIX ([covers January 1950/December 1950])
Wisconsin crop and livestock reporter. Vol. XXIX, no. 7, pp. [1]-4
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WIS LEG. REF. LIBRARY WISCONSIN CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTER UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Agricultural Statistics Federal-State Crop Reporting Service Walter H. Ebling, C. D. Caparoon, Emery C. Wilcox, Awreteultural Stattltlelans Cecil W. Estes Vol. XXIX, No. 7 State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin July 1950 IN THIS ISSUE July Crop Report Widespread improvement in Wisconsin crop conditions oc- curred during June, and the state is expected to have an- other good crop year. Acreage changes have been small this year because tame hay and grain crops wintered well in most counties. Crop prospects for the nation are below last year with acreage shifts reducing crop production from 1949. Stocks of Grain on Farms Wisconsin farmers have more corn and less oats on hand than a year ago. For the nation farm stocks of corn, oats, wheat, and soybeans are smaller than in July last year. Milk Production June milk production on Wis- consin farms was slightly lower than June last year, but an in- crease over last year of 2 per- cent is shown for the nation. Egg Production Egg production on Wisconsin farms during June was a little higher than in June last year but between 4 and 5 percent be- low the 5-year average for the month. Farm flocks in the na- tion produced 5 percent more eggs than in June 1949, but the June production was below av- erage. Prices Farmers Receive and Pay Wisconsin farm product prices in June averaged slightly lower than June 1949. Lower prices for milk and poultry and eggs more than offset increased prices for meat animals. Current Trends Wholesale prices averaged above the June 1949 level, and the June retail price index was about equal to that of a year ago. More hogs and sheep and lambs were slaughtered in June than a year ago but cattle and calf slaughter was lower. Stocks of dried, condensed, and evapo- rated milk products are lower than a year ago but cold stor- age holdings of butter and cheese are much larger. Special News Item (page 4) Spring Pig Crop and Prospects for Fall IN spite of a slow start, Wisconsin's crop season is working out better than expected earlier. During the past month widespread improvement has occurred. Rains in southern Wis- consin were ample while in parts of northern and eastern Wisconsin there was less moisture. However, rains were well spaced and crops including hay and pastures have improved. Wisconsin's hay crop is expected to be about 7 percent larger than a year ago with little change in acreage. Pastures on July 1 were better than a month earlier or a year ago. Acreage changes in Wisconsin are small this year because hay crops and grain wintered well in most counties. In east-central Wisconsin some losses of hay acreage are reported and the condition of hay and pastures in that section has been lower than elsewhere in the state. Less acreage of corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, and flax is being grown in the state this year than last vear, but there are increases in barley, tobacco, rye, hay, and some of the truck and canning crops. The United States has some rather large acreage changes this year partly because of government program:;. There will be 4 percent less corn, 22 percent less winter wheat, 17 percent less spring wheat, and 23 percent less flax. Increases in crop acreages are shown nationally for oats, barley, hay. and rye. With the unusually large acreage adjustments which are taking place, the crop acreage in the nation is down 13 million acres from last year and with the exception of 1946 it is the smallest since 1942. On the whole the country has crop prospects below last year. The shift from corn, wheat, and cotton to other crops is reducing total output. Also, Weather Summary, June 1950 Station Duluth= Spooner - Park Falls Rhinelander Wausau- Marinette Escanah - Minneapoli, Eau Claire La Crosse- Hancock -- Oshkosh Green Bay Manitowoc Dubuque Madison -- Beloit Milwaukee Average for 18 Stations Temperature Degrees Fahrenheit B 38 33 34 37 38 36 38 41 41 46 38 38 38 43 45 46 43 45 39.9 S 82 90 93 81 94 95 89 90 90 881 90 88 90 87 89. 6 I Average for 17 stations. 'Average for 16 stations. 57.8 61.' 62.3 66.6 64.3 59.4 67. 68. 65.6 6f. 6 64.3 65.C 68.4 66.1 69. 65.6 65.2 A I 57.2 54.1 l2.8 12.1 64.7 86. ! 60. 87.1! 66.6f 66. :i 66. ~ 66.1 62. 1 69.4 67.2 68A. 62.1 64.9 Precipitation inches S 3.13 Z.42 5.24 2.32 2.23 1.13 1.26 Z.11 4.88 3.60 2.55 3.11 2.19 7.59 7.15 7.55 5.11 3.741 I 3.91 3.94 4.88 4.68 4.15 3.16 3.22 6.22 4.72 4.07 4.47 3.94 3.70 3.30 4.31 3.76 4.05 3.46 3.99 o la * ,, +3.96 +2.98 +2.04 1- .61 -0.77 2.88 2.92 +3.98 1. 12 -2.49 0.43 2.26 +4.57 +4.33 +2.09 +0. 702 the crops over wide areas were off to a slow start this spring, but recently there has been a good deal of im- provement. Production as a whole is now expected to be above average for the United States in 1950. Milk Production A total of 1,721 million pounds of milk was produced on Wisconsin farms in June-almost twice as much as in Minnesota the second largest producer. However, the production in *IRI.ICA tS CURRENT SUPPLY OF PASTURE PEED FOR GRAZING RELATIVE TO THAT EXPECTED ROM EXISTING STANDS UNDER VERY FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS DASTIUDR FED rCONITIOiNS* l l P_
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