date:Oct 17, 2013
timates put the harvest at between 26 and 28 million tons. Those are significant differences.
Some of the number variations have to do with crop yield estimates. The official government numbers report a yield of 9.5 tons per hectare, while private estimates say the average was more likely 7.6 tons per hectare.
Whatever the true harvest numbers, the reality is that corn users are hard pressed to get their hands on what they need.
One producer who has analyzed the numbers estimates that the cor