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Virginia Wheat and Crop Forecasts for May Report
The Virginia Crop Reporting Service forecasts 9 945 000 bushels of wheat for Virginia this year based on May 1 condition at 86 percent and normal harvest. Last year produced 10 375 000 bushels and in 1921 only 8 016 000 bushels. Harvest area: 863 000 acres, up 1 percent from last year. average farm price of wheat on May 1 is 1 32 per bushel. The U S winter wheat forecast is 578 287 000 bushels versus 586 204 000 last year with heavy abandonments in central western states. Acreage to harvest 39 750 000, down from 42 127 000 last year. Pastures grow slowly due to cold, hay acreage expected larger but early. much of hay crop consists of cowpeas soybeans and peanuts not yet planted. May 1 conditions 83 percent versus 88 percent last year and 87 ten year average. Stocks of old hay higher than usual at 16 percent.