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2. Surging corn prices trigger spate of sales from US farmers - AOL

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   Iowa farmer Caleb Hamer grabbed his phone and dialed a local corn buyer this week, eager to sell his grain as prices climbed to their highest level in more than a year. Farmers across the Midwest ...

3. Funk Farms - Wikipedia

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   Funk Farms was founded in 1824 by brothers Isaac and Absalom Funk in McLean County, Illinois. From a historical perspective, Abraham Lincoln was one of Funk Farms' first attorneys and later served in the Illinois House of Representatives with Isaac Funk. Isaac was a friend of Lincoln's and an early booster when Lincoln ran for U.S. president.

4. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The production of corn (Zea mays mays, also known as "maize") plays a major role in the economy of the United States. The US is the largest corn producer in the world, with 96,000,000 acres (39,000,000 ha) of land reserved for corn production. Corn growth is dominated by west/north central Iowa and east central Illinois. Approximately 13% of ...

5. David S. Shellabarger - Wikipedia

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   As more farmland opened in the west, Shellabarger bought elevators and mills across Illinois and Kansas and decreased the milling of wheat to corn. [17] By 1901, his practices produced both large milling capacities and elevator capacity for 250,000 bushels of grain and warehouses capable of storing 10,000 barrels of flour and corn products; an ...

6. Illinois, Iowa farmers eye soybeans as potentially profitable ...

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   In northern Illinois, farmers could lose $140 per acre on average for corn and $30 an acre for soybeans with autumn delivery prices of $4.50 and $11.50 a bushel, respectively, the analysis showed.

7. Field corn - Wikipedia

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   The principal field corn varieties are dent corn, flint corn, flour corn (also known as soft corn) which includes blue corn (Zea mays amylacea), [1] and waxy corn. [2] Field corn primarily grown for livestock feed and ethanol production is allowed to mature fully before being shelled off the cob and being stored in silos, pits, bins, or grain ...

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9. ‘World’s Largest’ corn maze opens in Spring Grove, honors ...

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   Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove is serving up more fall fun - 550 acres worth to be exact. That includes what they call the "world's largest corn maze," a sunflower farm and pumpkin picking.