China’s Drought to Shrink Corn Harvest First Time Since 2009
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Corn output in China may drop for the first time in five years because of drought in the North China Plain, the country’s second-biggest producing region, according to Shanghai JC Intelligence Co.
Output may decline to 200 million metric tons from last year’s record 203 million tons, the agricultural researcher said in e-mailed statement yesterday.