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

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    Corn prices are now up about 10% over the past month. ... $5 per bushel cash for corn for delivery immediately or after April 15. Local buyers last fall were offering about $4.30, well below his ...

  3. US farmers face harsh economics with record corn ... - AOL

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    Before prices plunged last summer, Henebry said he sold some corn for $5.50 to $5.70 per bushel and then for as much as $6.21 per bushel delivered to the grain elevator.

  4. Weather factors are contributing to rise in price of corn - AOL

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    The price of corn in the United States has been increasing this year and is now approaching record highs. As of Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal, corn prices are up 50%, with the cost ...

  5. Corn production in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The US is the world's largest producer of corn. [8] According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre.

  6. Food vs. fuel - Wikipedia

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    Other analysts say it adds around 20 percent, or just under 80 cents per bushel at current prices. Those estimates hint that $4 per bushel corn might be priced at only $3 without demand for ethanol fuel.". [123] These industry sources consider that a speculative bubble in the commodity markets holding positions in corn futures was the main ...

  7. Feed ratio - Wikipedia

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    Put another way, it is the price of hogs, per hundredweight, divided by the price of corn per bushel. Since corn is a major input cost to hog producers, the higher the price of hogs relative to corn, the more profit there is in feeding hogs. [1] In dairy farming, the milk-feed price ratio is a measure of the value of 16% protein ration to one ...

  8. Commodity tick - Wikipedia

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    For example, each "tick" for the grain market (soybeans, corn and wheat) is 0.25 cents per bushel, on one 5,000-bushel futures contract. Tick values for some popular contracts (as of June 2010 [ 1 ] )

  9. Agricultural subsidy - Wikipedia

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    That is, if the price of wheat in 2002 was $3.80, farmers would get an extra 58¢ per bushel (52¢ plus the 6¢ price difference). Fruit and vegetable crops are not eligible for subsidies. [39] Corn was the top crop for subsidy payments prior to 2011.