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Illlnols tentative I9U6 goals approved "by the state goals coranlttee composed 

 of representatives of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture and other agri- 

 cultural agencies and farm organization follow very closely the pattern suggested hy 

 College of Apiculture production capacity ccmmlttee report of last July. They call 

 for production from Illinoie farmers in l^kS as compared to 19U5 as follows: 



It was recognized 

 be uniform ovftr the state, 

 to the county. 



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that where a reduction was called for that it should not 

 When final goals are announced they will be broken down 



Wheat situation . The USDA estimates that farmers have Increased 19^4^5 fall 

 vT^eat seedings 3.6 percent above that of I9UU. With present conditions this with a * 

 comparable spring acreage offers the possibility of another large wheat crop. Present 

 indications are that such will be needed. The ccmblned Food Board of the United 

 Nations foresees a I9U6 world wheat demand of 30 million tond, while the aggregate 

 estimated exportable surplus of producer countries. United States, Canada, Argentina 

 and Australia, is set at 2k million toiis under average growing conditions. In this 

 light the prospects for domestic wheat farmers in the coming year are exceedingly 

 bright, government officials stated. 



Protein feed situation . The government's intention to allow the trade to 

 work out a solution for the current acute proteltf shortage was emphasized as the De- 

 partment of Agriculture declined to put Into force a control order on proteins mainly 

 because such a regulation would be almost beyond enforcement. The advisability of 

 such an order is being studied, yet regardless of the final decision no r&gal&torj ac- 

 tion will be taken before the first of the year, it was stated by agriculture offlciEds. 

 The only relief likely, government feed men said, must come from within the trade it- 

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Exports of firuits and vegetables . C. W, Kitchen, assistant administrator 

 of the Production and Marketing Administration, USDA, states that, based upon the in- 

 formation now available, exports of ffuits and vegetables during the next few years 

 are not likely to be very substantial. Although there are memy would-be ccxisumBre in 

 foreign lands, conditions of one kind or euiother are likely to limit the movement into 

 other countries of Amerlcem produced horticultural commodities. Among these conditions 

 in Europe are: (l) available dollar exchange; (2) deficiency in purchasing power in 

 Importing eountrles; (5) ccmpetltion from areas with lower price structures; and 

 (U) probably increased demand in domestic markets for most of these products. Before ' 

 the war in Europe, the continental countries were the principal receivers of American 

 exports of fresh and processed fruits. For example, the United Kingdom, France, Bel- 

 gium, the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Germany took about 80 percent of our exports 

 of fresh apples during the five-year period 195^-38, about 75 percent of our pears and 

 dried fruit exports, kO percent of the fresh citrus exports, €uid 95 percent of all our 



