. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WORLD FOOD SITUATION BETTER SINCE NOVEMBER'S CONFERENCE. The short-term outlook for the rorld food situation has improved ignificantly since the World Food !onference in November 1974. ood aid shipments from the Inited States and other countries ave alleviated the food problem in hie most severely affected coun- ries. And there is optimism over rospects for sharply improved rops this year. An increase in world food pro- uction of about 5 percent in 1975 'ould place us close to the long- jrm trend of recent years. Based n crop condi
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. WORLD FOOD SITUATION BETTER SINCE NOVEMBER'S CONFERENCE. The short-term outlook for the rorld food situation has improved ignificantly since the World Food !onference in November 1974. ood aid shipments from the Inited States and other countries ave alleviated the food problem in hie most severely affected coun- ries. And there is optimism over rospects for sharply improved rops this year. An increase in world food pro- uction of about 5 percent in 1975 'ould place us close to the long- jrm trend of recent years. Based n crop conditions in April such an icrease appears possible as farmers round the world respond to the datively high prices. Of course, if dverse weather occurs in some lajor areas, we could be faced with nother very tight world food ituation. World wheat production is cur- jntly forecast to reach a record 72 million metric tons, a gain of 7 ercent over the 1974 total of 347 lillion. Most of the increase is xpected in the United States, Canada, and the USSR. Coarse rain production may reach a scord 626 million in 1975 against tie 562 million in 1974, with the Jnited" States accounting for the ulk of the gain. Availability and price of fertil- ser have been of major concern in scent years, but now there are igns of an easing in the tight upply situation. India, Pakistan, nd Turkey reportedly all have elatively large inventories, and the 'hilippines has banned fertilizer mports. Although predictions are still very uncertain, North American fertilizer consumption is expected to rise much less in 1975-76 than in the previous two years. manu- facturers' inventories, while less than normal, continue to increase above last year's low levels. In 1975-76, worldwide, USDA expects an 8 percent rise in nitro- gen capacity and a 6 percent increase in consumption; for phos- phate, increases of 12 percent and 5 percent, respectively; and for po- tash 3 percent and 5 percent, respectively. While
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