Corn prices skyrocket as summer heat bakes crops

Published June 25, 2012 8:49pm ET



Corn prices are skyrocketing as severe heat bakes crops in the Midwest.

December corn jumped 7.2 percent Monday to finish at $5.94 per bushel.

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