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Show Survey Will Report On Nation's Farm Status The large 1977 wheat harvest coupled with the new farm program, and a recent rise in hog numbers and cattle on feed have created an increasing interest in agriculture's upcoming potential. The Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a survey in late November and early December to put some solid information on the line as to how many acres farmers planted to winter wheat for harvest in 1978, how many cattle are on farms and ranches, and the size of the hog inventory and the number of pigs expected to be bom in early 1978. Another report will cover chickens. These estimates will be based on mall survey responses from some producers and personal interviews with others. Overall, a representative cross-section of America's agricultural producers will be asked to voluntarily cooperate In the project. W. Grant Lee of the service noted that the purpose of the survey and resulting reports is to provide producers and those associated with them with the latest Information for reasonable production, storage, and marketing decisions. Information about wheat acreages and production and hogs will be available December 22, and cattle and chicken data on January 30, 1978. Copies of the reports will be available from the Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service office at P.O. Box 11488, Federal Building, Room 4432, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147. |