CORN PLANTING

Missouri corn plantings for 1991 are up from plantings of a year ago but still rank as the second lowest acreage over the past six years.

Farmers have planted an estimated 2.2 million acres for 1991, five percent more than the 2.05 million acres of a year ago.

Excessive rainfall hampered corn planing efforts in the state during much of the spring.

Corn planted in the U.S. is estimated at 75.9 million acres, up two percent from last year.