Many farmers across the northern Plains, the new Corn Belt, are saying that they won’t see yields like this year's corn crop again in their lifetimes, and they aren't the only ones. Many farmers across the northern Plains, the new Corn Belt, are saying that they won’t see yields like this year's corn crop again in their lifetimes. 200 bushels/acre corn yields across eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota are not uncommon. The bushels, in the words of one farmer, just continue flowing like water. It’s not like high yields were unexpected as this crop has looked amazingly good all summer. However, no one anticipated the magnitude. In fact, several farmers we know well had done extensive field surveys and yield estimates in late...

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