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USDA Forecasts Record Corn Crop

2013-08-19 23:11:00| National Hog Farmer

By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is projecting this years corn crop to be a record-high 13.8 billion bushels. This would be 28% over last years crop. The forecast estimates 97.4 million acres planted to corn and an estimated corn yield of 154.4 bushels per acre. This would be the third-highest yield on record. However, USDAs estimates were below what was expected by the grain trade. read more

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