Year            Harvested           Yield            Production
                 -acres-          -bu/acre-           -bushels-
1850                 NA                                11,557
1879              3,196              6.2               19,943
1899              7,351              7.2               52,560
1909              4,075             10.2               41,691
1920              2,650              6.9               18,360
1930                300              7.7                2,310
1940              1,200              7.3                8,750
1950                300             21.3                6,400
1960                100             24.0                2,400
1970                200             30.0                6,000
1980                350             31.1               10,900
1985                250             30.4                7,600
1990                  *
1991                  *              
1992                  *
1993                  *
1994                  *
1995                  *                
1996                  *
1997                  *
1998                  *

* Less than 500 acres planted.
NA-Not available.

Source: Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service