Excerpt from The Demand and Price Situation, Vol. 35: 1958 Outlook Issue; November 1957 Farm output in 1958 could well equal or exceed this year's production if weather and yields continue favorable. Based on October 1 indications, farm output in 1957 is expected to equal the record of 1956. Despite a reduction of about 3 percent in cropland used this year, primarily due to the Soil Bank program, cr0p production in 1957 is at about the same level as in 1956 and much of it will be marketed in 1958. Reduced hog production is bei about offset by increases in other livestock products. With less funds avai able for the acreage reserve of the 1958 Soil Bank program, additional administrative requirements for participation and more favorable soil moistu fewer acres are likely to be withdrawn from use in 1958 than were withdrawn this year. Further, with hog and broiler output expanding, production and marketings of livestock and livestock products may also edge up in 1958. Accordingly, gross farm income next year may show a slight increase over 1957, reflecting a slightly larger volume of marketings at about the same overall level of prices. Government payments to farmers may not be much different with somewhat smaller payments under the acreage reserve but probably larger payments under the conservation reserve of the Soil Bank. But there is also likely to be a slight further increase in production expenses. 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.