AS EXPECTED-CORN ACRES ARE UP

Both in Ohio and U.S.

According to the latest USDA News Release, Ohio farmers planted an estimated 4.0 million acres of corn this past spring. This is up 850,000 acres from the previous year and represents the largest amount of corn acreage in the state since 1985 when an estimated 4.25 million acres were planted.

U.S. corn planted for all purposes is estimated at 92.9 million acres in 2007, up 19 percent from 2006 and 14 percent higher than 2005.