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Maryland Farm Front This Week on Potato Price Support
The Maryland PMA reports 1946 crop purchases at 20.69 percent with 30 percent alcohol production, 27 percent spoilage, 18 percent livestock feed, 11 percent export, 9 percent starch and flour, and 3 percent to schools. The 1947 crop saw 5.18 percent bought, used for alcohol 26.6 percent, storage 18.6, export 18.6, school lunches 12, starch and flour 8.55, livestock feed 8.55, dehydration 4. New crop insurance notes say premiums may exceed losses by about 15 million dollars across key commodities. Maryland schools receive over half a million pounds of dried fruits for lunch and welfare programs, including apples 30,000 pounds and peaches 102,210 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland
PMA
Washington
Anthony Madden
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Congress
Clinton P. Anderson