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USDA predicts record corn crop despite early challenges

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WASHINGTON — The May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by USDA shows that a record corn crop is still reachable despite a slow start to planting season, according to American Farm Bureau Federation analysts.

The report forecasts a corn yield of 158 bushels per acre, implying a record crop of 14.14 billion bushels, up 3.36 billion bushels from 2012 when much of the nation was overtaken by severe drought. The current record corn crop was produced in 2009 at 13.09 billion bushels.

"We are currently experiencing the latest planting season in nearly three decades across. . .

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