Rural Iowa (RI) — Iowa is the nation’s top corn-producing state, and Iowa farmers harvested over two-point-six billion bushels of corn last year — the second largest crop ever. Iowa State University ag economist Chad Hart says despite tariff challenges, US corn exports for the first five months of the year hit a three-year high.
The USDA has predicted a slight drop in soybean sales this year, but not as much as feared due to the lack of sales to China. Reports indicate corn exports remained well above average through early June.
Hart says in June, it’s typically Brazil and Argentina that dominate global sales of feed grains. Iowa typically accounts for about eight to nine percent of all US agricultural exports. California is the only state that exports more agricultural products.
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