National Public Radio: For every farmer who is hurting this year during the drought, others are benefiting. Many fields in the South, Northwest and Upper Midwest are producing bountiful corn crops. And because the drought has pushed prices to record highs, farmers who have corn to sell expect a terrific payday. "The corn has actually really, really taken off all the way through season. It's grown fast. It's been accelerated. The corn looks really good now," says John Scott, whose family farm in Sargeant, Minn., is just...
URL: http://www.npr.org/2012/08/30/160331758/despite-drought-some-corn-farmers-reap-bounty?ft=1&f=1025
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