Corn crop trimmed, demand remains good

Mark Conlon
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 17, 2020 Updated Sep 18, 2020

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Demand for U.S. corn has been good, and the fact the size of the corn crop has been trimmed has helped with corn prices.

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