Year           Harvested           Yield            Production
               - acres-          -bu/acre-          - bushels-
1850                NA
1879            83,261              32.8             2,732,906
1899           159,201              20.8             3,309,210
1909           150,837              22.9             3,459,057
1920           102,500              27.7             2,841,260
1930           127,240              12.7             1,619,120
1940            76,910              19.2             1,479,380
1950            76,000              34.6             2,630,200
1960            49,000              47.0             2,303,000
1970            40,000              37.0             1,467,800
1980             5,700              24.7               141,000
1985            18,200              81.5             1,484,000
1990            11,400             101.8             1,160,000
1991            19,700              47.8               941,000 
1993            13,000              73.7               958,000  
1994            18,400             100.3             1,845,000 
1995            10,300              89.1               918,000 
1996            18,600             134.7             2,505,000
1997            22,200             122.7             2,723,000
1998            23,500              87.1             2,047,000

NA-Not available.

Source: Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service