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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. 10, pp. [1]-4
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STATE DOCUMENT 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 C. D. Caparoont Awricultural Statisticians Emery C. Wilcox Vol. XXIX, No. 10 State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin October 1950 IN THIS ISSUE October Crop Report Corn production prospects have declined from the Septem- ber estimate for Wisconsin. The yield for corn now is 40 bushels per acre compared with 50 bushels last year. Production of small grains and hay have ex- ceeded earlier estimates. Pas- ture conditions on October 1 were better than a year ago and above average. The nation as a whole is having a good crop year. Feed supplies are ex- pected to be about as large as last year. Milk Production Milk production on Wisconsin farms so far this year is slightly below last year. A small de- cline in the nation's milk pro- duction is also recorded. Egg Production Wisconsin farm flocks pro- duced the largest number of eggs on record for September as a result of increases in the number of layers and rate of production per layer compared with September last year. A similar trend in egg production is shown for the nation. Prices Farmers Receive and Pay An advance of 2 percent from August to September in the general level of Wisconsin farm product prices was much smaller than the usual seasonal increase. Sharply increased prices paid by farmers have more than offset any gains in prices received in the past year. Current Trends Slaughter of cattle, calves, and sheep and lambs was smaller in September than a year earlier but the slaughter of hogs this September is larger. Cold storage holdings of butter and cheese are much above a year ago while stocks of dried, condensed, and evapo- rated milk products are smaller. Special News Items (page 4) Pheasant Survey Farm Wage Rates Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Timothy Seed Production HARD FROST on September 24 reached nearly all of Wisconsin. With the corn crop as late as it was this year considerable damage re- sulted. Feed supplies, with the excep- tion of corn, are quite good, but the corn yields are the lowest in 5 years. Present indications are that the state's corn will average about 40 bushels per acre, which is 10 bushels less than the record crop harvested in this state last year and it is consid- erably under earlier prospects. Reports from Wisconsin crop re- porters indicate that while there is considerable good ripe corn in the southern parts of the state there are other parts which have much unripe corn which will need to be used early to keep it from spoiling. Also the frozen corn is likely to show consid- erable shrinkage and loss in weight. While Wisconsin's corn crop is now estimated at 102 million bushels which is about 28 million bushels less than last year, other feed crops are making up a part of the reduc- tion in corn. The oat crop in Wis- consin has had a good year and it is about 17 million bushels larger than a year ago and the barley crop is up over 2 million bushels. Hay produc- tion in the state will exceed 7 million tons this year which is nearly 900 thousand tons more than the state harvested last year. However, a good deal of the hay in Wisconsin this year was damaged by rain during harvesting and quality will probably not average as well as in most other years. The state's hay crop is the largest since 1945. The harvesting results of other late fall crops vary considerably. The sweet corn crop was a poor one and some of it was frozen on Septem- ber 24. The potato crop on the other hand has had a good year and a rec- ord yield of good quality potatoes has been harvested in Wisconsin. The cranberry crop is now estimated to be a little over 200 thousand barrels which is considerably lower than earlier prospects indicated. Pastures on October 1 were better than they were a year ago and above average in Wisconsin. This is also true for the United States. Generally, the nation as a whole is having a rather good crop year. The country's corn crop is about 8 percent smaller than the good crop of last year, but the oat crop is 12 percent larger, the barley crop is up 26 per- cent, and the rye crop is up also. Wheat production is considerably smaller than last year. There are about 6 percent more potatoes, but there is less flax and buckwheat. The nation's tame hay crop is about 9 per- cent larger than a year ago. Weather Summary, September 1950 Temperature Precipitation Degrees Fahrenheit Inches Station i n a -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~a Duluth . 34 83 56.4 55.1 1.41 3.31 +0.88 Speoner . 25 86 54.5 58.5 2.41 3.44 0.35 ParkFalls 25 80 55.4 55.9 0.84 4.17 3.09 Rhinelander 30 78 56.7 56.9 1.52 3.94-1.18 Wausau 30 83 60. 5 58.9 223 3.72 - Marinette 30 79 60.0 62.5 2.31 3.52 -2.79 Escanaba 32 74 56.1 57.1 2.13 3.32 1.34 Minneapolis 36 86 62.6 61.4 1.46 3.13 5.82 Eau Claire 32 83 62.0 61.2 1.66 4.10 -3.72 LaCrosse 34 83 62.7 62.2 1.75 3.99 +2.16 Hancock 26 79 59.5 61,0 1.58 381 -1.36 Oshkosh 30 82 60.6 62.1 3.64 3.40 -1.33 Green Bay 29 79 57.9 60.4 2.20 3.52 +0.83 Manitowoc - 34 75 60.0 60.0 1.07 3.61 -3 .65 Dubuque 45 90 68.4 64.0 7.59 4.01 +6.74 Madison 37 79 61.3 62.4 2.47 3.72 +9.80 Beloit . 34 82 62.7 63.8 4.20 3.87 Milsauke 37 81 60.5 61.0 1.75 3.29 +4.42 __ __ - _ __ __ _._ __ __ Average for 18 Stalions 32 2 S1.2 59.9 60.2 2.35 3.66 40. 04' l Averap. for 1 04tation, Grain Stocks on Farms Nearly 14 million bushels of corn were being held by Wisconsin farm- ers on October 1. These farm stocks of corn are about 6 million bushels above a year ago and about 212 times larger than average. In addition to the stocks of corn, Wisconsin farm- ers have more oats, barley, and rye on hand than they did a year ago. Holdings of wheat are smaller but above average. Oat stocks are about Grain Stocks on Farms (October I estiiate-A) Crop Wis. Corn2 Wheat Oats. Barley Rye Soy- beans U.S. Corn2 _ _ Wheat Oats Barley Rye -- Soy- beans Thousand bushels on hand 1950 13,986 1,949 124,488 6,668 945 10 485,372 471,216 1,180,466 178,484 12,560 1,158 1949 7,918 2,369 106,697 4,666 873 10 708,443 472,209 1 ,053,296 148,973 8,692 2,147 10-yr. av. 1939-48 5,349 1,624 98,892 4,1763 7673 193 336,336 509,354 1,030,827 175, 943 12,8933 3, 0483 Percent of current year's crop' 1950 18.0 93.0 01.0 76.0 78.0 4.0 15.6 46.7 79. S S5.S 55. 8 0.5 1941 13. 94A. 89A. 73.C 73.C S.1 20.E 41.2 79.0 62.8 46.6 1. 10 yr. av. 1939- 46 10.0 H1.1 31.3 77,73 77,93 3.23 13.7 49.9 80.9 62.63 54.83 1.63 1Encept coro and soybeans which are from previous year's crop. 23ased on carn for grain 3Short-timoe average. Walter H. Ebling,
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