11.   Economists are raising their food-price inflation forecasts after the Agriculture Department unexpectedly cut its estimate of the fall corn harvest.

12.   Last year, a severe drought limited the corn harvest.

13.   Now, new supplies from the autumn corn harvest, expected to be the fourth-largest ever, will help keep feeding costs down.

14.   The Agriculture Department today forecast this fall the second largest soybean crop and third largest corn harvest on record.

15.   The corn harvest, nearing completion, is unlikely to be affected.

16.   The government cut its estimate for the autumn corn harvest after a July dry spell did more damage than expected.

17.   The same science that is improving corn harvests has been approved for growing potatoes and cotton, too.

18.   The third-largest corn harvest in history is expected this coming year.

19.   The U.S. ethanol industry is poised for a rebound amid a bigger corn harvest this fall that will help fatten margins, the Agriculture Department said.

20.   The U.S. ethanol industry is poised for a rebound amid a bigger corn harvest this fall that will help fatten profits, the Agriculture Department said.