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LINCOLN, Neb. - The latest federal forecast shows no change in expectations for a record Nebraska corn crop.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, based on Nov. 1 conditions, the corn crop should hit 1.58 billion bushels — 14 percent higher than last year's 1.39 billion bushels.
The Nebraska corn crop record was set in 2007 — 1.47 billion bushels; the 2009 forecast exceeds that by 8 percent.
The yield is forecast at a record 178 bushels an acre, which would be 12 bushels higher than the Nebraska high mark set in 2004.
Soybean production is forecast at 247 million bushels — 9 percent higher than last year and the second-highest on record. Yield is forecast at 52 bushels at acre. That's a bushel higher than the record set in 2007.
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