European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 s&5 Polci by Tony natural beyond service in Spain if you pile up your tar in san Clemente Brothers in nearby Villa Carrillo where Spain you might want to take Adian hey advertise with a Royal Blue Junker Lap of the permanent service offered heaped against a Brilliant Rcd and White by the sign below. Or see inc Garcia sign on the Road to Cuc Nea. World s Grain Supply in 86 at record level Washington a As i9h6 be gins  s pantry is Well stocked Wilh a record inventory of Grain a curly & fourth of ii stored in the United slates where abundant crops have helped depress prices. The agriculture department s most re cent analysis provides some mind boggling figures about the world Grain situation. Keep in mind that the quantities arc expressed in metric tons the unit favored in International . A metric ton is about 2,205 pounds and ii equal to 36.7 bushels of wheat or soybeans or 39.4 bushels of Corn. In other words the record i98s . Corn Harvest of 3,72 billion bushels equated about 221.4 million metric tons. The yield of 116.6 bushels per acre translates into almost three tons per acre. All told according to us a world Grain production in 1985-86 ii projected at More than 1.667 billion tons. Of thai. . Farmers Urc credited with 341.4 million tons. Total Grain includes wheat coarse grains such As Corn and Barley and milled Rice. Including global stocks left Over from previous harvests the total world Supply of Grain in 1985-86 is estimated at nearly 1.4 billion tons including 433.5 million Kins held in the United Stales. That is the Quantity of Grain the world s leading producers have to Nicci All needs in the current year world Grain Trade according i hit.1 Fig ures is projected at slightly More than 222 million metric tons with the United slates accounting for about 78 million tons. Both inc total and the . Portion Are Doun sharply from 1984-85. The global consumption of Grain in i9ss 86 is expected to be More Idun 1,6 billion ions a record level. The . Consumption of Grain is projected a 202.4 million tons. After deducting Grain consumption from total Supply the report winds up shoeing that global stockpiles at inc end of the 1985-86 season roughly midyear will exceed 296 million ton. Last summer the world surplus or Grain carryover was less than 232 million tons. And in Mimi pm it was 134 million tons the . Share of the global stockpile according to the projections for mid-1986, will be around 153 million tons compared with 91 million tons last summer and 71 million tons in mid 9h4. In a related matter production of fresh Market vegetables in the United slates in 1985 increased slightly but vegetables for processing declined 2 percent according to the agriculture department. The i9s5 value of Market vegetables and melons was estimated at $2.85 billion Down 9 percent from 1984, the department s crop reporting Board said in an annual review. Production Svaip reported greater last year fur asparagus Broccoli Sweet Corn Honey Dew melons onions and tomatoes. Declines were shown for carrots cauliflower celery and lettuce. California continued As the leading producer of fresh Market vegetables with 40.4 per cent of Llie total output followed by Florida 11.9 percent Ari Una b.6 percent Texas 4.1 percent and Oregon. 3.9 percent. Of her slates not listed accounted for the remainder. The value of processing  dropped fractionally last Jear to s 1.18 billion. Production was greater for snap Beans Sweet Corn cucumbers Green peas and asparagus while declines were reported for Toma toes Broccoli carrots and cauliflower California produced 52.7 percent of the processing vegetables in 1985. Followed by Wisconsin �.7 percent Minnesota 7.1 per cent Oregon 4.6 percent and Ohio. 4 per cent