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USDA: Record Corn Crop is Still Within Reach
2013-05-10 23:12:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released today by the Agriculture Department shows that a record corn crop is still reachable despite a slow start to planting season, according to American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) analysts. The report forecasts a corn yield of 158 bushels per acre, implying a record crop of 14.14 billion bushels, up 3.36 billion bushels from 2012 when much of the nation was overtaken by severe drought. The current record corn crop was produced in 2009 at 13.09 billion bushels. read more
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