COMPAEISON OF 19^+3 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION GOALS WITH ESTIMATES 



OF ACTUAL PRODUCTION 

 By L. F. Stice, Extension Marketing Specialist 



Present siirpluses of certain food products may raise the question: Hov much 

 did farmers exceed the "planners'" 19^5 production goals? The percentage deviations 

 of actual production with the 19^5 goals are illustrated in the chart below. (Actu- 

 ally in some cases goals were rough estimates of what was expected.) 



For the most part, actual marketing of the livestock products fell bplow th^ 

 goals. Cattle and ciilf slaughter "by weight was 11 percent below the goal; hog slaugh- 

 ter by weight was 3 percent under the goal, and the slaughter of chickens by weight 

 was h^ percent under the goal. Production of eggs and slaughter of sheep and lambs 

 exceeded the goals by k percent and 12 percent respectively. 



Significantly and in line with what might be expected from price relation- 

 ships and trends in livestock nimbers, the numbers of cattle on farms, including milk 

 cows, and the number of pigs raised in 19^3 exceeded the 19^3 production goals by k 

 percent for cattle and 2 percent for pigs. The number of spring pigs raised in 19^5 

 was 5 percent above the goal, while the number of fall pigs was below the goal. This 

 was a reflection of the changing feed situation and a less favorable hog-corn price 

 ratio. Goals provide a valuable objective in war time, but price Relationships 

 largely determine what happens. 



19U3 LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION COMPARED 



WITH 19i^3 GOALS 



Percent 



4 10 . 







-10 _ 



Cattle on 

 farms 



Sheep and lambs 

 slaughtered, wgt. 



Pigs raised 



jSMSNo. of, 

 vvvv-.C milk cows 





lii 



Hogs 

 slaughtered, wgt. 



Cattle -^ 

 slaughtered, wgt. 



Egg 

 production 



V 



mm 



S 1 



Mili V Chickens, 

 production dr. wgt. 



+ 10 



-10 



