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Archive Home > 2012 > February > 08 > Farms plan biggest crops since 1984

Farms plan biggest crops since 1984

By Jeff Wilson and Whitney McFerron / The Bulletin
February 8, 2012

CHICAGO — Farmers will plant the most acres in a generation this year, led by the biggest corn crop since World War II, taking advantage of the highest agricultural prices in at least four decades.

They will sow corn, soybeans and wheat on 226.9 million acres, the most since 1984, a....

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