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Show Farm production report issued for past year Combined crop productiv from Utah farms in 1963 i computed at 2,894,000 tons, -o. proximately equal to the 2,8i.'6, 000 tons produced in 1962 and 1 above the 1957-61 five-year five-year average. However, 1963 crops were produced on 1 less acreage than in 1962 and 8 percent less acreage than the five-year average. Prospects Pros-pects for crops were not good at planting time when it appeared ap-peared that irrigation water would not be sufficient to mature ma-ture 1963 crops. However, timely rains throughout the season made it possible to conserve con-serve irrigation water and brought optimum growth to crops in all except some Central Cen-tral and Southern Utah areas where water shortages prevailed. pre-vailed. Combined grain production (corn, wheat, oats and barley, including corn silage) amounted amount-ed to 889,000 tons, down 2 from last year, and about equal to the 5-year average. This year's grain yields were nearly equal to 1962 record yields for wheat crops and oats, but ex-yields ex-yields for corn and barley. Because of a late frost-free season, good to very good yields were harvested for potatoes, po-tatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa seed and dry beans. |