date:Sep 13, 2013
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Based on Sept. 1 conditions, corn yield was forecast at 155.3 bus an acre, up 0.9 bus from 154.4 bus an acre forecast in August and up 31.9 bus from 123.4 bus an acre in 2012 and the highest average yield since 2009, the U.S.D.A. said. Harvested area was forecast at 89,135,000 acres, unchanged from August but up 2% from 87,375,000 acres in 2012.
The Sept. 1 corn objective yield data indicate the highest number of ears on record for the combined 10 objective yield states, the U.S.D.A.