Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Crop Production: May 11, 1959
Winter wheat prospects declined about one percent during April as lowered outlook in the Northeast and northern Interior more than offset gains in the central and southern Great Plains and the Southeast. A cool, dry April over extensive areas held back plant growth, but favored farming Operations. Spring grain seeding showed good progress and corn and cotton planting in the southern sections outstripped last year's laggard season. Corn, sorghums, and soybeans advance toward the main planting, season in the heaviest producing areas with preliminary land preparation showing near normal progress. Fruits suffered limited April damage. Southern peach prospects were not as bright as a year earlier but the outlook was exceptionally good, in California.
Spring vegetables, excluding melons, are expected to be only slightly below last year, but a fourth less watermelons are indicated. pasture and hay crops show about average growth nationally, but development in several areas was retarded by cool temperatures and short moisture supplies.
Prospects for winter wheat are good by most comparisons, with the indicated yield per acre exceeded only by last year's record smashing volume. In the Northeast and Great Lakes region, winter not only brought a smothering ice-blanket at times, but also severe cold with little or no snow cover. Survival was less than earlier anticipated and stands on remaining field often are thin. Spring growth started slowly in Montana with the full effects of winter's inadequate snow cover becoming apparent only recently. April precipitation in the southwestern Plains kept hopes alive for a favorable harvest. Although precipitation was light in the Central Plains, favorable subsoil moisture gave promise of continued development. In the Pacific Northwest, early plantings are more promising than the late seedings. In the Southeast, production hopes rose as warmer temperatures stimulated growth.
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