U.S. Growers Expect to Produce 13 Percent Less Corn than Last Year

Affected by one of the worst droughts on record, U.S. corn growers are forecast to harvest 87.4 million acres in 2012, down 2 percent from June estimates, according to the Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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