The lead economist for the National Corn Growers Association says a record corn yield during a year with widespread drought comes as a bit of a surprise.

Krista Swanson says some of the major corn-yielding states happened to be in some of the top drought-stricken regions of the Midwest.

“Indiana is one of those that was above trend line, Illinois is another one above trend line even though there was some widespread drought at different times,” she says.  

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