Corn Crop Up 51% From Year Ago:...
Corn Crop Up 51% From Year Ago: The Agriculture Department reported that farmers are harvesting a corn crop estimated at 7.45 billion bushels, up 51% from last year’s drought-plagued harvest of 4.92 billion bushels. Moreover, the latest estimate, based on Oct. 1 field surveys, was almost 2% more than the 7.32 billion bushels forecast a month ago. At 7.45 billion bushels, the harvest would be the largest since the 8.25 billion bushels of 1986.
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