Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Foreign Agriculture Circular: Grains; July 7, 1977-December 19, 1977
USSR total grain area for harvest in 1977 is likely to be about 130 million hectares, as compared with about 128 million in both 1975 and 1976. Fall planted wheat, which generally represents about 30 percent of total wheat area, survived the winter much better than a year ago. Spring plantings of small grains reportedly will be approximately equal to that of 1976. Planting of corn for grain, which was about 4. 5 million hectares in 1976, is planned at only 3 million for 1977. In total, however, the increase in surviving winter grain area more than offsets the decline in planned corn area.
A winter grain crop considerably larger than the record million tons harvested in 1973 seems likely. The area of winter grains to be harvested this year is estimated to be the largest since 1968 Currently, soil moist e conditions are above normal in the major winter grain regions of the ussr; also, it has been reported that heading is occurring about two weeks ahead normal in parts of the Ukraine. Thus, harvesting on a broad scale could be n in 3-4 weeks.' Meteorological reports from the spring wheat regions of the USSR indi moisture is generally below normal, significantly so in some areas, s the Upper and Middle Volga and the Southern Urals. Temperatures over the spring wheat areas during May averaged 2-3 degrees centigrade abo but this probably has had little adverse effect as yet, since the seeding was only done during the period May 15-25.
Further reports are planned for issue on or about July 8 and at monthly intervals thereafter for the remainder of the season.
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