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Show By Robert S. Murdock County Agricultural Agent GRAIN Two facts demand the attention atten-tion of Utah Farmers who plan to sell barley or wheat at harvest har-vest time this fall: (1) Grain supplies in the United Unit-ed States are expected to reach an all-time high with this year's harvest. (2) Grain that must be sold during harvest may go begging for a price because of the lack of transportation, lack of elevator ele-vator space, or most likely lack of farm storage. To avoid being caught in the storage squeeze, farmers must be prepared to store this year's crop. Both barley and wheat sold at harvest may sell at sacrifice prices. More farmers than usual us-ual have planted wheat on irrigated irri-gated land because the price has been supported and anyone could plant up to 15 acres without with-out allotment restrictions. Barley, on the other hand, will be more of a problem in dry farm wheat areas where large acreages of barley were planted on acres taken out of wheat under the allotment program. pro-gram. Here wheat will have first claim on available storage. Many farmers plan to sell their barley at harvest. Though barley prices will be supported, the price may be pushed well below that figure if large quantities are rushed to market at harvest. |