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Show SETTING THE GOAL U. S. Spurs Record Grain Output WASHINGTON The Agriculture department set out to spur the nation's na-tion's farmers to a new record output out-put of wheat and other fall-seeded grains with the release of production produc-tion goals. Secretary Charles Brannan set the 1952 goal for both winter and spring wheat at 78,850,000 acres. With normal yields, crop increase would be 100 million bushels. The increase would not only meet all expected requirements for the marketing year both domestic and export, but would also provide for some increase in holdover reserve re-serve stocks for that fiscal year ending June 30, 1953. As Secretary Brannan pointed out, "The goals for other fail-seeded grains recognize the need to build up feed grain supplies sup-plies to aid livestock production. |