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The executive director of the Michigan Corn Growers Association says the quality of this year’s harvest turned out much better than expected.

Jim Zook tells Brownfield while the weather turned rather wet at the end of harvest, most corn in the state was harvested with low moisture levels.  “We didn’t have the molds that started like they did a year ago, the crop was probably under less stress and I think just paying a little bit better attention to the crop this year as guys knew they need to get every bushel they could with the price being where it’s at.”

He says better growing conditions earlier in the season and proactive plans for managing crop diseases helped crop quality. 

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