U.s. Drought Is Withering Corn Crop

By Jeff WilsonBloomberg News, Denver Post: Business
Wed, 07/11/2012 - 12:08am

The worst U.S. drought since Ronald Reagan was president is withering the world's largest corn crop, and the speed of the damage may spur the government to make a record cut in its July estimate for domestic inventories.

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