Purdue University agriculture experts discuss the corn and soybean outlook for the 2012 seasson Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. They report a 28 percent decline in corn yields and a 22 percent decline in soybean yields compared to last year. Extreme heat and drought conditins across the Midwest is the reason for the crippled crop. / By Eric Weddle/Journal & Courier
INDIANAPOLIS — The forecast for Indiana’s corn and soybeans crop is tens of millions of bushels lower than last year signaling a likely increase for food and fuel costs and reverberations that could extend throughout the world.
Purdue University agriculture experts say the summer’s record heat and drought conditions have battered fields throughout the state but there is still chance for August rains to improve some crop production.
A review of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s August crop report was given this morning by a panel of Purdue agricultural experts here at the state fairgrounds.
“For Indiana this is certainty an unprecedented departure from the average,” said Bob Nielson, a Purdue agronomist and corn expert, who. “If you go back 75 years this will be the worst departure for yield in Indiana corn.”
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