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Survey: Corn crop down 10%, soybean crop 2% lower
Aug 3, 2017, 11:10 AM
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A Farm Futures survey of U.S. farmers shows this year’s corn production could fall ten percent compared to the record crop of 2016, due to lower yields and acreage.
Soybean production could be off two percent, with a big increase in acreage offsetting a nine percent drop in yields, according to the survey.
The average corn yield came in at 164 bushels per acre with corn acres down about four percent, which equates to a total crop of 13.6 billion bushels.
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