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Bad News for Food Prices as Corn Crop Shrivels

This was supposed to be the best harvest in generations

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 5, 2012 9:05 AM CDT

(Newser) – This year saw the largest corn planting in 75 years, and only two months ago, experts predicted a record corn harvest that would send food prices downward. But those high hopes have given way to murmurs about the drought of 1988 ... and the Dust Bowl...   Read full story »

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