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Drought hampers U.S. corn exports
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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The drought in various sections of the nation's mid-section the past two years has hurt U.S. corn yields and hindered exports, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture and industry officials. The Agriculture Department reported this month that corn production was down a quarter last year from 2012 and stocks are down a third, which is putting pressure on prices for meat, milk and other items produced with corn feed, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . ...
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