As the corn harvest progresses through the end of October, Texas Panhandle farmers are feeling the pinch of a shrinking beef market and a dip below normal precipitation levels. Whereas Wesley Spurlock’s annual corn harvest brought in about $4.20 to $4.50 per bushel last year, the Stratford farmer and National Corn Growers Association president now expects to earn $3.30 to $3.70 per bushel because of a worldwide commodity downtrend. “It has to do with amount of corn produced in the U.S.