date:Jul 08, 2014
The 8-foot (2.4-meter) corn stalks on Bill Longs farm in southern Illinois are so big, green and healthy that he wishes hed sold more of it sooner.
Like many growers across the Midwest, Long expects a second straight record crop that will boost domestic stockpiles already at a four-year high. Output in the U.S. will jump 2.8 per cent to 14.314 billion bushels, the most ever, researcher The Linn Group Inc. estimated in a July 1 report. Even after fewer acres were planted, the wettest June on rec