Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Corn Falls to 8-Month Low as Midwest Rains May Improve Prospects for Crop

(Bloomberg) -- Corn fell to an eight-month low in
Chicago, extending a slide that began yesterday, on forecasts
for Midwest rains that may improve prospects for U.S. crops
following a two-month heat wave.

Some fields from Iowa to Ohio may receive 2 inches (5.1
centimeters) of rain in the next 72 hours, said Joel Burgio, a
senior agricultural meteorologist for Meteorlogix LLC in Woburn,
Massachusetts. As much as 1.5 inches of rain fell from Minnesota
to Illinois in the past 24 hours and above-normal rains are
expected after July 23 in the Midwest.


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