date:Oct 12, 2012
grade to the estimate of harvested area, after spring sowings were deemed larger than had been thought.
The estimate for the area harvested in Illinois, the second-ranked producing state, was lifted by 450,000 acres, with those for Indiana and North Dakota receiving 150,000-acre upgrades.
However, all but 15m bushels of the extra production was seen being swallowed up by domestic crushers and, in particular, importers such as China, whose purchases were seen rising to a record 61.0m tonnes.
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