Excerpt from Crop Production as of August 1, 1958

This upsurge of productivity pushes the all crop indexes for production and per acre yield to new high levels. The all crop production index of 113 is the first to surpass the 106 of big crop 1948 fame which, however, was equalled in both 1956 and 1957. Indexes for most crop groups show' increases over 1957 of striking extent for food grains and oilseeds but also important for cotton, tobacco, seed and miscellaneous crops. The yield per acre index covering 28 leading creps pushes up to 137. This is a gain over last year of about 8 percent. It is 27 percent above the per acre yield level of that big crop of 10 years ago which now is being surpassed in output by a much smaller acreage. Indexes for production and yield are based on the years 1907-1949 as 100.

Harvest of wheat, oats and other small grains was slowed greatly during July in most central and eastern sections by frequent rains. Losses in yield and quality resulted in some fields after large cr0ps had matured. Rust damage to grains generally has been very light. 'wheat, barley and oats finally are mainly in farm bins or storage elevators through West North Central States as far north as much of Minnesota and the Dakotas. Given some good drying days, combines should rapidly clear the substantial percentage of remaining fields to the northward and in East North Central States. Winter wheat outturn of billion bushels, largest ever grown, reflects a moderate gain over July estimates despite some pre-harvest losses. Spring wheat gains in both Dakotas and Minnesota overbalanced some losses in sections of Washington, Oregon and Montana.

The all wheat crop, winter and spring, is expected to reach billion bushels. Surpassing any previous wheat crop.

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