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US Corn Harvest Could Be Second Highest Since 1944 Despite Floods and Cool Spring

Posted on July 01, 2008

Despite the ravaging floods in the Midwest and cool temperatures in March and April, the US corn planted acreage of 87.3 million acres is the second highest since 1946, behind last year s total of 93.6 million acres, according to the 30 June acreage report issued by the US Department of Agriculture s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Growers expect to harvest 78.9 million acres for grain, down 9% from 2007. If realized, this would be the second highest since 1944, behind last year. The heavy rains and resulting floods during June caused producers in several Midwestern States...

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