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Corn Futures Slide as Strong Planting Weather Mulled Corn for May delivery fell 1.8% to $5.35 1/4 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade on Wednesday, with grains traders anticipating good spring weather ahead enabling a large planting season for U.S. corn. Wheat for May delivery fell 1.5% to $6.56 a bushel. Soybeans for May delivery fell 0.4% to $14.07 1/4 a bushel. "Corn was down ... on talk of good early planting weather and lack of fresh export demand, plus lower Argentine export premiums," said Charlie Sernatinger of ED&F Man Capital. A record 182 million acres of corn and soybea...