Climate changes threatens America’s ‘king corn’

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By Suzanne GoldenbergJun 13, 2014, 7:30 am29 pts
The days of “king corn” could be numbered as climate change brings higher temperatures and water shortages to America’s farmland, a new report warned on Wednesday. Nearly one third of U.S. farmland is devoted to raising corn and the country produces about 40 percent of the world’s corn crop. But…

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