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Indiana Farmers Anticipate Record Corn and Soybean Yields

By David Foster

The USDA weekly Indiana Ag Report says that Hoosier farmers expect to harvest nearly 5. 4 million acres of corn which is up 250 thousand acres from last year.

The soybean yield is anticipated to be nearly 5.5 million acres of soybeans, which is down 350 thousand acres from last year.

The crops in Indiana were planted earlier than normal this year and then weather turned very dry in May.

Substantial rainfall was scarce in June and when farmers were starting to lose hope the precipitation returned in July as did good temperatures and the crops responded favorably.

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