date:Nov 21, 2012
The United States remains the world's corn export king, although its empire is shrinking, says Philip Abbot, a Purdue University agricultural economist. Foreign nations that previously relied on the U.S. for corn are growing more of their own or buying from other producing countries, says Abbott. He predicts the trend will continue even if market conditions improve and U.S. corn production increases.
The U.S. has historically been a very important part of the international corn market, Abbott s