Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,454.80	-74.92	-0.60%
S&P 500	1,317.82	-2.86	-0.22%
Nasdaq	2,837.53	-1.85	-0.07%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,454.80

-74.92

-0.60%

S&P 500

1,317.82

-2.86

-0.22%

Nasdaq

2,837.53

-1.85

-0.07%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,161.87	+5.35	0.25%
FTSE 100	5,351.53	+1.48	0.03%
DAX	6,339.94	+24.05	0.38%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,161.87

+5.35

0.25%

FTSE 100

5,351.53

+1.48

0.03%

DAX

6,339.94

+24.05

0.38%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,580.39	+17.01	0.20%
TOPIX	722.11	-0.14	-0.02%
Hang Seng	18,713.40	+47.01	0.25%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,580.39

+17.01

0.20%

TOPIX

722.11

-0.14

-0.02%

Hang Seng

18,713.40

+47.01

0.25%

U.S. Corn Acres Will Be Most Since 1944, Eroding 2012-13 Prices, USDA Says

By Steve Stroth - 2012-02-23T13:58:24Z

U.S. farmers will boost corn planting by 2.1 percent this year to a 94 million acres, the most since 1944, Joe Glauber, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist, said today in remarks at a conference in Arlington, Virginia. A bigger crop may send prices down 19 percent in the 2012-2013 marketing year that begins Sept. 1, to $5 a bushel from $6.20, he said.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Steve Stroth at sstroth@bloomberg.net