1. The mill buildings house a museum of old implements and materials associated with corn production and milling. 2. Gascony had developed a specialized economy dominated by viticulture, with some production of woad and iron, but its corn production was inadequate to meet its full needs. 3. At that time, crops will grow tassels for pollination, a critical growing period that determines the quality and quantity of corn production. 4. Brazil is the second-largest soybean producer and Argentina ranks fourth in corn production. 5. China is second only to the U.S. in corn production. 6. Corn production is rising because farmers, encouraged by higher world prices, devoted more land to the crop and are using more efficient farm equipment and more fertilizers. 7. Even though U.S. corn production will be large, export sales have been slow to materialize. 8. Kansas City wheat, and Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures closed mostly lower Monday despite government estimates of shrinking wheat and corn production. 9. Meantime, traders are reviewing estimates this week from private crop consultants, all of whom predicted some loss in corn production from the dry weather. 10. More than half of U.S. corn production is consumed domestically by livestock. |