CORN DRAIN: Corn prices fell 2 percent after the U.S. Agriculture Department predicted that the nation’s heat-battered crop would be smaller than anticipated. It also expects demand to decline. The forecast called for steeper cuts than many traders expected, prompting some to sell contracts for a profit.

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