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1966 Crop Production Second Highest On Record
USDA reports 1966 U.S. crop production tied 1963 for second highest on record despite frost damage and drought. Soybeans rice sorghum and peanuts set yield records. overall yields remained strong though corn wheat oats barley and tobacco lagged behind 1965. Potatoes reached a record high with 1966 output up 0.4 percent from prior years.
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