Show fa 1 ri I 1 A 4 ago WAR NEWS late potato producers in utah are advised by joseph skeen member of the state AAA committee that the only method which the government plans to use to support the price of late potatoes is through commodity credit corporation loans these loans are available through the county offices of the AAA and enable the producers to realize at least 90 per cent of parity for his potatoes potatoes under loan may be redeemed by the borrower at any time to enable more farmers to utilize the price protection offered by the loan the secretary of agriculture has expanded acceptable loan storage storage to include bank and pit storage this action followed prospects of a large surplus of potatoes due to the high production and reduced requirements quire ments producers should contact the county AAA offices to obtain full details on the potato loans and to make sure that their storage facilities will be acceptable deadline for accepting applications for potato loans will be december 15 about million bushels of f wheat I 1 and wheat flour will be shipped by the US this winter under the export program of the international wheat agreement monthly shipments will begin in october with about 30 million bushels the wheat is being purchased by the commodity credit corporation on the open market at better than 90 per cent of parity prices better eating is ahead for US el civilians due to the sudden end of the war the department of agriculture expects that civilian demand for some foods may taper off this winter as consumer incomes decline but that general demand for food will still be high relative to supplies although there may be more potatoes more eggs and more of the lower grades of beef available than civilians c will demand at present prices food once once available for military use will be available for shipment to liberated areas abroad and will include canned fresh and frozen meat canned fish cheaper types canned and powdered milk eggs cheese po some dry beans and peas dried fruits ric rice boyne wheat these torn rn supplies supply es can b and lor for shipment abroad b beba e spared blat supplies of these because 1 and 0 ther other I aties will be available to for consumption ivalu but the aril food situation sharp contrast to the imps ilk ing prospects of ed US ci cirii vil USDA reports report s an increasing iab ite 11 world food situation f an fn or 1 with total world farm prod bout 3 per cent below production drewar terms of calories and li ca stocks of major foods carry bet sh s carpl WT deuced it the food outlook is serious 14 i tin europe which ead ca the soviet union 13 3 S shortt ho rt lion of tons of food iola 13 need maintain rations moderately needed fc the wartime levels in liberated lib rated ab tries and to prevent wi despre ada ma ease and unrest among urban ions in conquered 14 areas H shown greater declines in 81 4 tion tio nthan wan any other 4 with war and dr drought 0 light 4 about 25 per cent belo bri the outlook 1 P e war in the T 1 ar is also serious A large fa adut pd p ut decrease has occurred in h lapatra jap Japan ense mccu occupied areas both p na and india face ce acute shortages shor laE and rice these needs need 0 a addition to those of the other milly mally deficit areas such as a the ahn tt IN ed kingdom |