EAST GERMAN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: June 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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During March 1953 the summer seed grain situation in East Germany grew worse
the quota required by the Ministry of Agriculture and forestry called for a
-total of 59,100 metric tons, broken down as follows:
;d3itional Needs of the Ministry of
Requirements
Agriculture and i'ores
Summer rye
SOCK
10,000
-heat
3,300
10,000
Summer var ey
?9, 000
Oats
2b, 000
&s of 10 March 1953. hn v r', only L5, 699.8 ;rotr is bc,t~5 of s miner see 5ra..r.
,war*, on -band., Moreover, the actual figures represent seed grain in raw form-
aot the final preoared see?i. Of the 2.268.8 metric tons of surarL.tr wheat
reported on 10 March, for exaruvle, only 9h'1 metrio tons wee:- +assed as good sew
grain tsar the Seed Testing Office's (Saatpruefstelien). !7ae same a.x?n-es to ?y4:.
only 8)?3 metric tons of the reported 106.5 tons were apporo d_ r. r7
1getrei de ), since the f:-ill plant-.g in 1952 was only 50 Percent p3 ?e ed f
use of bad weather- About 8_,0,00 metric tons of awi"%mer *heai, and 2.LOrb m~t.rr,a
tons o.l' ,vmir,,ar rye are lacking for spring: ;plant :g, however. The shortage
4?Tere .i A part made up bN,? planting oats, barley, poppies (Mohn ) and "Oeliain?
it had been niar!.:!.ed to increase 19 2%195.3 State Graf; ' eserves i-rorn 35O1%000wc;;
a It:1,000 metric tons.The Plan, however, could not be fulfilled, since o'her--
wise sui-plies i'o the period prior to the new harvest :could be threatened;
moreover, it is known that grain imports from i u:sa..a during the first t'ti quar-
ters of the year are never delivered on schedule.
3T3:i'i" 1rr iolant,i.ng in 1_953, eR-)iiasis was to be place', on cerea r_ grains (Brott=
The East Germans still do not know what deliveries of grain are supposed to ar-
rive from the USSR in 1953, for this reason Minister Kurt Gregor was requeste
In a i.e'i, ea to make sure that absolutely no further
imports ??r= the
b the i,S cR ice s(r;tn -V-ha "tr;a.rd c,irax ;uex of 195, and that n:) ar~;e
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i.nero.n. it worts oe.our during; the i'orwth cartes The reason for this is is
1mit storage space in East a tdith the ewc pti -of wheat, the imp
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plan for the first quarter of 1953 was 'r' y poorly fulfilled,:. East German stocks
of wheat will, cover East German requirements up to the third quarter of 1953 any
way, so imports of wAieat are actually not needed.
The uoply Plan for the second quarter of 1953 for edible legumes and processed
g:rai.n products was fixed without regard to consumer and industrial demands, and thus
the sale and purchase of these items does not follow the natural consumer require-
ments. Because only 12,000 metric tons of legumes and processed grain products were
imported in 1952 and ,953wand because results of the cast German harvests were poor,
it will be impossible to make available such wares in large quantities during the
second quarter of 1953..
1~,, On. the order of the soviet troop deo~k the silo at Wuensriorf /Zoss
~~en, which has
a capacity of 3,500 metric tones was to be emptied by the end of March 1953:. In ad-
dition, the post office, 200 dwellings and 215 retail stores were to be evacuated and
made available for Russian troops The Wuensdorf silo contains 1,700 metric tons of
state grain reserves, in addition to grai_i supplies for local consumption,,
?, As of mid-March `1953, no final supply figures for potatoes for the second quarter of
1953 were available. As a result neither the potato processing industries nor the
trade organs knew what quantities were to be placed at their disposal during the
second quarter.. The potato supply situation depends on bow much of the stocks stored,
for the winter is left. In this connection, it is to be noted that a. good part of
the storage contracts between the VLA3 and the farmers i3 - dAs only on paper., in or-
der to permit the +.po roe P _ants to rnnti nue to function. part of the po-
tatoes allotted to the population is already being, transferred to the plants. mainly
because a higher profit for the state can he by processing the oota toes
13, Vegetable supply plans were sent out to the Bezi.rke 2'541X
peeks late? The yield figures in the laps are p not - - e~,d on the ac u1 facr:s,~ acre t~:
"'differentiated assessment" has not yet been executed.l. T'his is esperlally _appsr nt
in the case of people's owned properties, which,; according to the IaW~-are neither to
be assessed nor obligated to conclude delivery contracts with the VEP1B, as has been
the case In previous yea rs,,,2 ...`
9 Despite
iE e838d-_e'fo1"'~9iioraly one percent of the shortage of cattle for slaugh .ear has
been made un. East German agricultural officials have received more and more reports
on how pigs are sick, itng-Or being delivered to the abattoirs underweight; this
situation was brought about by the shortage of feed. As of 31 March 1953 planned
feed supplies were short by 18,LOO metric tons of feed barley and 10,600 metric tons
of corn (Mais ).
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Comment. "Differentiated assessment" (differenzierte Veran?agung) is the
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method of assigning quotas to farmers according to a sliding scale; that is,
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Cormrment n In '19 #,pe ,ee t owned farms ha.d to sign contracts with the
" 11 -1 V
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? n 1 53_;, ndivi.duat people''s owned agricultural enterprises are not per-
witted to contract directly with VLAB or --- _. -
~Onst~ganoeseni _ instead, a
total delivery quota for the people's owned enterprises as a whole is determined
In Berlin and distributed to the Besfrke- -Pe-OP 1e'_e-o i i agricultural enterprises
and agricultural production cooperatives in the !iezirke delive to the best of
their ability.
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Plan and Actual L;ecd Grain ! eserves
(Amounts are in metric tons)
? urmrer
. umme '
vZieat
::;umr er
BaEleL
Oats
.vta,l s
Legal Quota
900.00
3, 300 , 00
9,000"00
~y t
26.,000400
y~j
39, 100.00
Quota according to the
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1,998.4
10,151.0
2h,50-0
361803-9
Ministry of Agriculture
and Iorestryr (letter of
3 and 20/2/53)
Actual as of 10/3x53
10645
2,268,8
12,523.0
20b80145
L5,6301.81/
} Comment, Correct total is 15,699.8
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STOCKS IN CENTIaL 5TOIAAf
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as of 28 Februar 3.Q,;).3
(all amounts in metric tons)
Di strict
xle3Y
Oats
Kostork
e 51011 2014
3,149: ,000
_
3,879,980
6, L12, ,. 64
Lchwerln
11999,998
3,057,885
: ,036,000
Neubrandenburg
89760.,000
8, 991, 51x2
6,059,352
7,91a4;:0116
Potsdam
18,175,355
5,822,638
6, 61o,, oco
3,950,000
Frankfurt
17.,3li0w000
1,500,000
2,880,000
3,100, 000
Cottbus
11,300,000
1,200,000
2, 6r 0, Oc00
1,850,000
I lapdeburg
12, 550, 000
5,500,000
12, 000, OGO
1,400,00o
I-aiie
21.E 050, 000
51,860,000
10, 0c00, 0 30
7,1.03.000
Erfurt
3,000,000
2,800,000
Gera
3, 500,000
2,700,000
62,10(), 000
15,000,000
2,1x00, 000
3, 3 ' 'JA 000
?ahemrr c,
20, 00C)
25020,
5,600,000
1, 600, OCO
8o0, 000
Lei ti.
50,11 X30, 000
13,240.000
13, 000, OCo
5, o00, 000
East Germany
TOTALS
240, 585, 559
119, 705,1.78
55,1.37,,21 I
b5,192.2i0
To be stored in 240,000,000
120,000,000
55, 00o., co00
45, o00, 000
195 2/53 accord-
--g to the Peonle's
Economic Plan
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T..TUS OF CRAIU II4POi-aS Ass of, 15 MARCH 1953
TABLE. III
%411 amounts in thousands of metric tons)
Import Plan
1/53
Actual Imports
as of 15 1.;;.r. ch
Via &iea
Via Land
1--t-heat
155.0
1170
47o0
70.,0
Rye
20.0
t.0
1.3
2,7
Barley
1110..o
74.o
:19.0
55 ,> 0
Oats
30,>O
15.0
9.6
5,}4
Corn (ttals)
30.0
27.0
27?C
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