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Illinois drops to No. 4 in corn production

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The sun rises over struggling drought and heat stressed corn in Pleasant Plains, Ill.

Associated Press/July, 2012

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Illinois corn production plunged 34 percent last year as a severe drought cost the state bragging rights as the country’s second-biggest grower of the grain, the federal government announced Friday.