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Emigration and storage trends shape postwar markets
In Harrisburg and Washington, off farm storage shows corn and oats reserves rising from 1948 levels, with 1.62 million bushels of corn and 1.18 million of oats outside farms. Farmers hold large stocks as 1949 crop prospects lag, while Europe’s postwar labor mobility prompts major resettlement and industrial shifts, risking reduced export demand and new factory growth.
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Harrisburg
State Department of Agriculture
Miles Horst
Pennsylvania