Published May 12, 2010, 08:01 AM

2009 Dakotas corn production revised

The Agriculture Department has lowered corn production estimates in the Dakotas for last year after resurveying some farmers affected by the weather-delayed fall harvest.

FARGO (AP) — The Agriculture Department has lowered corn production estimates in the Dakotas for last year after resurveying some farmers affected by the weather-delayed fall harvest.

North Dakota’s 2009 production is now estimated at 200.1 million bushels, a drop of about 4 percent from the estimate released in early January.

South Dakota’s production is pegged at 706.7 million bushels, down about 2 percent from the earlier estimate.

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