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USDA: US corn yields to offset lesser acreage

By Jim Suhr
Published May 9, 2014 7:21pm ET
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USDA: US corn yields to offset lesser acreage
In this Saturday, May 3, 2014 photo, central Illinois corn and soybean farmer Michael Mahoney races against a setting sun to plant seed corn in Ashland, Ill. A U.S. government report says the nation's corn growers should have banner production this year despite lesser acreage devoted to the grain. But corn prices later in the year may suffer a bit. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) | Seth Perlman

ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. corn growers may surpass last year’s record production despite lesser acreage devoted to the grain, but corn prices later in the year could edge lower, a federal report forecast Friday well ahead of an unpredictable summer.

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