April Hemmes of Hampton, Iowa (Photo credit: Joseph Murphy/Iowa Soybean Association)

The corn market is showing some signs of life after yesterday’s bullish acreage report.

North-central Iowa farmer April Hemmes hopes it continues.

“I talked to my banker and I said, ‘I’m not worried about this

year. I’m worried about next year,’” Hemmes says. “Because usually I have 30

percent of my crop sold and I have not sold anything—maybe five percent—and I’ve

talked to a lot of other farmers who are in the same boat.

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