Corn scores big points in grain markets

Tim Kenyon
Mar 18, 2026
Mar 18, 2026

corn pile — Precipitation was variable for the ICIA corn hybrid trials. Pockets in the southeast got better results than ever before while “other pockets in the area couldn’t buy a drop of rain,” said Ryan Budnik, executive director of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association.
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