USDA reported 2011’s final agricultural numbers Thursday morning. USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber.
 
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Glauber says yields came out higher than a lot of people expected.  Even bigger news - according to Glauber - is how people expected bigger changes.
 
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Production numbers declined from the previous year for corn, soybeans, cotton and rice.