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Despite drought, grains council forecasts high quality corn crop

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WASHINGTON — The overall quality of the 2012 U.S. corn crop is high and improves upon last year's very good marks across a range of test factors, according to the U.S. Grains Council's Corn Harvest Quality Report 2012/13.

Total U.S. corn production fell in 2012 due to the worst drought in decades, but despite the drought, this year's crop showed a year-over-year improvement in average text weight, protein levels, and density, as well as lower moisture and BCFM (broken corn and foreign material) than the 2011 crop. The full report is now. . .

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