Even in the Chicago area, in the corn growing state of Illinois, there are fewer than 20.

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In the No. 1 corn and soy state of Iowa on Friday, scouts estimated the state's yield at 146 bpa, down 16 percent from the average of 174.7 bpa in the same areas of the state last year.

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The company planned to plant corn on territory larger than the state of Connecticut.

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