11.   A lack of rain east of the Mississippi River this past weekend could cause stress to the corn crop, according to Weather Services Corp. in Lexington, Massachusetts.

12.   A lower forecast for the corn crop, the primary ingredient in livestock feed, could push grain prices higher.

13.   Additionally, traders expect the USDA tomorrow will forecast the second-largest soybean harvest and the third-largest corn crop on record.

14.   But as Iowa farmers see it, the corn crop will not be so great because lengthy dry spells this summer limited its growth.

15.   By then, a majority of corn crops will be ready to harvest.

16.   By the time the tour reached Linde County, Iowa, some participants said the corn crops appeared less damaged by the earlier dry weather.

17.   Corn crops will soon pollinate, a sensitive process that determines the number of kernels on each ear.

18.   Corn supplies are falling in the face of a smaller-than-expected corn crop and booming exports, the Agriculture Department reported today.

19.   Corn futures were mostly lower on spillover pressure from soybeans and on prospects of a large corn crop.

20.   Corn crops in the Midwest now are developing kernels on the ear, and the harvest for many farmers is weeks away.