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1968 /
uly 24, 1968
CALF CROP UP 1 PERCENT

The 1968 calf crop for the Uni d Stat s-g-expectJ d to total 43,902,000 head,
1 percent more than 1967 according to the Crop Reporting Board.

Cows and heifers 2 years old and older on farms and ranches January 1, 1968
totaled 49,962,000 head, slightly above the 49,883,000 head on January 1, 1967.

The number of calves born and to be born in 1968, expressed as a percentage
of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on hand the first of the year is estimated
at 88 percent, 1 point above the previous year. This percentage is not strictly a
calving rate because the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and
older does not include all heifers that calve during the year and includes some
cows that die or are slaughtered before calving.

NORTH CENTRAL STATES UNCHANGED

The calf crop in the North Central States is expected to total 17,047,000 head,
about the same as last year. The East North Central States are down 2 percent while
the West North Central States are up 1 percent.

SOUTHERN STATES UP 2 PERCENT

The expected calf crop in the Southern States totaled 16,183,000 head, 2 percent
above a year earlier. The calf crop in the South Atlantic States was up 1 percent
while the South Central States were up 2 percent from 1967. Texas, the largest cattle
State, expects a 1 percent larger calf crop.

WESTERN STATES UP 1 PERCENT

The calf crop in the Western States at 8,218,000 head is up 1 percent from the
previous year. Montana, with 4 percent more calves than a year earlier, had the
greatest percentage increase while Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah show a 3 percent increase
from 1967.

NORTH ATLATIC STATES DOWN 2 PERCENT

The expected calf crop of 2,376,000 head in the North Atlantic States is down
2 percent. Each State is lower except Massachusetts which is unchanged from a year
ago.


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service Crop Reporting Board
MtAn 2-2 (7-68) Washington, D. C.








Calf Crop: 1967 and 1968, by States


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

3 1262 08856 9180


Minn.
Iowa
Mo.
N. Dak.
S. Dak.
Nebr.
Kans.


1,835 1,717 1,699
2,022 2,025 2,010
2,058 2,151 2,208
1,117 1,182 1,139
1,752 1,871 1,863
2,047 2,107 2,199
1,859 1,893 1,950


Del. 28 21 21
Md. 262 242 240
Va. 773 726 730
W. Va. 294 265 260
N. C. 519 542 528
S. C. 315 320 319
Ga. 875 917 942
Fla. : 1,039 1,089 1,035
Ky. : 1,270 1,315 1,377
Tenn. 1,200 1,260 1,249
Ala. : 1,009 1,007 1,029
Miss. : 1,366 1,414 1,449
Ark. : 887 945 959
La. : 1,184 1,125 1,089
Okla. 2,064 2,115 2,094
Texas 5,523 5,670 5,710
Mont. 1,377 1,536 1,576
Idaho 680 684 694
Wyo. 659 694 721
Colo. 1,002 1,071 1,085
N. Mex. 753 737 736
Ariz. 428 446 431
Utah 380 393 400
Nev. 307 320 320
Wash. 595 594 594
Oreg. 795 798 806
Calif. 1,787 1,884 1,862
48 States : 49640 49,776 49,853
Alaska : 4.6 4.4 4.4
Hawaii 96 1083 105
U. S. : 49740 49.883 49,962


Calves born as :
percent of cows I Calves born 2/
:and heifers 2+ t
: January 1 1/ :
S : : 5-year : : : 1968 as
:1967 : 1968 : average : 1967 : 1968 : of 1967
: 1962-66 :


S Calves and heifers
S2 yrs. and older
January 1
State
: 5-year :
:average : 1967 : 1968
: 1962-66 :
: 1,000 1,000 1,000
head head head
ine 105 89 89
H. : 56 48 47
274 244 240
ss. 96 86 84
I. 13 11 11
nn. 90 83 81
Y. 1,386 1,246 1,226
J. 128 103 97
1,049 950 921
io 963 870 868
d. 803 738 707
. 1,295 1,168 1,168
ch. 797 680 635
s. 2,527 2,384 2,355


77 22
88 220
86 646
88 252
83 411
85 256
81 712
72 767
91 1,141
87 1,032
83 817
81 1,058
85 732
81 926
91 1,776
86 4,581
92 1,255
93 613
90 589
93 912
86 641
80 343
91 333
78 248
87 531
90 708
88 1,579
88 42,923


Ma
N.
Vt
Ma
R.
Col
N.
N.
Pa
Oh
In
Il
Mi
Wi


86 3.9 3.* 3.8
S 67 73 74902
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1,000
Percent Percent head
85 84 85
85 85 47
84 82 227
81 83 78
82 76 10
80 80 73
84 85 1,164
81 80 102
86 87 906
88 86 824
89 90 702
89 89 1,137
85 86 682
90 90 2,270

89 88 1,615
94 94 1,865
91 91 1,857
90 90 1,017
93 94 1,614
92 89 1,864
93 94 1,684


lo


100
101
101


1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as percentage of the number or
cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms and ranches January 1. 2/ Calves born before June 1 plus
the number expected to be born after June 1.


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A O 4


1,000 1,000
head head
76 75
41 40
205 197
70 70
9.0 8.4
66 65
1,047 1,042
83 78
817 801
766 746
657 636
1,040 1,040
578 546
2,146 2,120

1,528 1,495
1,904 1,889
1,957 2,009
1,064 1,025
1,740 1,751
1,938 1,957
1,760 1,833

16 16
208 211
610 628
231 229
444 438
269 271
743 763
741 745
1,210 1,253
1,058 1,087
826 854
1,145 1,174
794 815
900 882
1,861 1,906
4,876 4,911
1,398 1,450
629 645
632 649
985 1,009
649 633
352 345
354 364
256 250
523 517
718 725
1,650 1,631
h 57 4R.824


Percent
99
98
96
100
93
98
100
94
98
97
97
100
94
99

98
99
103
96
101
101
104

100
101
103
99
99
101
103
101
104
103
103
103
103
98
102
101
104
103
103
102
98
98
103
98
99
101
99
101


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