The Eastern Europe Agricultural Situation 1963 Classic Reprint

Author : U. S. Economic Research Service
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428010720
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Agricultural Situation in Eastern Europe written by U. S. Economic Research Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agricultural Situation in Eastern Europe: Review of 1974 and Outlook for 1975 In 197 4, gross agricultural output increased 8 percent in East Germany, 4 percent in Hungary, 3 percent in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and 2 percent in Poland. Production, especially of crops, declined in Bulgaria and Romania. For Hungary, most of the increase in agricultural output was in livestock products and, for Poland, all of the gain came from that sector. Unusual weather patterns-winter and spring drought followed by heavy rains and flooding in summer and fall - plagued most of the area. Fruit and vegetable production suffered the greatest damage, while oilseed losses were less serious. Fall seeding and plowing were significantly delayed, and spring fieldwork is heavier than normal. Despite weather difficulties, bumper wheat and barley crops pushed total grain output above the record levels of 1972 and 1973. Grain was harvested with a very high moisture content, however, and post-harvest losses were large. Production was down for the second successive year in Bulgaria and Romania, but grain crops in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Poland, and Yugoslavia each exceeded previous records by a million tons. Regional grain import requirements will be up, however, because of mediocre potato and silage harvests. Furthermore, livestock were kept on feed longer than usual in the spring of 1974, and post-harvest losses of root crops and hay were high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.