WASHINGTON, June 28, 2013 –U.S. farmers successfully overcame a cold and wet early spring this year, planting 97.4 million acres of corn, up slightly from 2012, according to the Acreage report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This is the highest acreage planted to corn since 1936 and marks a fifth year in a row of corn acreage increases in the United States...
Note the phrase "successfully overcame a cold and wet early spring", meaning that a good amount was planted late, which is contained in my above Clear fact #2: The propane was used to dry large amounts of green, immature & wet corn, generated by late plantings.
Note also that MY facts on this came directly from the USDA website, not some specious, unattributed, unlinked "Acres planed 2013: 95 Million acres, USDA" posting.