AG STOCK INDEX.

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STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET

                                     Month      This      Year Ago
                                      Ago       Month     12/31/99
                      Exchange:     11/28/00   12/29/00
                        Ticker

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY
AGCO Corp.           NYSE:AG        10         12 1/8      13  7/16
Ag Bag               OTC BB:AGBG       13/40      17/50       25/61
International
Ag Chem Equipment    NASDAQ:AGCH    23 3/16    25          10 3/8
Co.
Art's-Way            NASDAQ:ARTW       3 1/2    3           3 5/8
Manufacturing Co.
Bion Environmental
Technologies, Inc.   OTC BB:BION     1 1/16       15/16     2 3/4
Butler               NYSE:BBR       24 3/16    25 5/16     22 5/16
Manufacturing Co.
CNH Global           NSYE:CNH        9 1/2      8 5/8      13 5/16
CTB International    NASDAQ:CTBC     8 9/64     7 31/32     5 13/16
Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.     NYSE:CAT       39         47  5/16    47 1/16
Deere &Co.           NYSE:DE        38 3/8     45 13/16    43 3/8
Fiat                 NYSE:FIA       24 7/8     24 1/4      30 1/8
Gehl Co.             NASDAQ:GEHL    11 1/2     13 3/4      18
Kubota Corp.         NYSE:KUB       68 3/4     62          77 1/2
Lindsay              NYSE:LNN       20 3/8     22 5/8      18 1/4
Manufacturing Co.
Titan                NYSE:TWI        3 5/8      4 1/4       6 1/2
International
Trimble Navigation   NASDAQ:TRMB    24 5/8     24          21 5/8
Ltd.
Twin Disc Inc.       NYSE:TDI       15 13/16   14 3/8      11 7/8
Valmont Industries   NASDAQ:VALM    19 1/4     18 3/8      16 1/16
Inc.

SEED, BIOTECH, CROP PROTECTION
American Home        NYSE:AHP       59  3/16   63 11/20    39 1/4
Products Corp.
AstraZeneca PLC      NYSE:AZN       49 5/8     51 1/2      41 3/4
Aventis              NYSE: AVE      76 13/16   84 1/4      56 7/8
Bayer Ag Corp.       OTC BB:BAYZY   44         51 7/8      47 1/4
Delta & Pine Land    NYSE:DLP       23 3/8     20 15/16    17 3/8
Co.
Dow Chemical         NYSE:DOW       29 3/4     36 5/8      44 13/24
DuPont               NYSE:DD        40 3/16    48 5/16     65 7/8
FMC Corp.            NYSE:FMC       72         71 11/16    57 5/16
HumaTech Inc.        OTC BB: HUMT      19/32      3/8      NA
IGI Inc.             AMEX:IG        11/16       5/8         1 15/16
Monsanto Co.         NYSE:MON       23 7/8     27 1/16     NA
Novartis             NYSE:NVS       40         44 3/4      NA
Savia S.A de C.V.    NYSE:VAJ       18 9/16    18 1/2      22
Syngenta             NYSE:SYT        8 9/16    10 15/16    NA

PLANT NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER
Agrium Inc.          NYSE:AGU       11 5/8     14 5/8       7 7/8
Church & Dwight      NYSE:CHD       20 13/16   22 1/4      26 11/16
Co.
IMC Global Inc.      NYSE:IGL       11 15/16   15 9/16     16 3/8
Mississippi          NYSE:GRO        3 1/4      3 3/20      6 3/16
Chemical Corp.
Phosphate Resource   NYSE:PLP        3 15/16    3 5/8       9 15/16
Partners LP
Potash Corp, of      NYSE:POT       62 3/8     78 5/16     48 3/16
Saskatchewan
Terra Industries     NYSE:TRA        2 1/8      2 1/2       1 9/16
Inc.

ANIMAL HEALTH, GENETICS, FEED
Abbott               NYSE:ABT       54 3/4     48 7/16     36 5/16
Laboratories
Agribrands           NYSE:AGX       43 15/16   53 1/2      46
International Inc.
Alpharma Inc.        NYSE:ALO       34         43 7/8      30 3/4
Balchem              AMEX:BCP       12 1/2     13 1/4       8
Encapsulates
Bioreliance Corp.    NASDAQ:BREL    12         13 1/4      52 3/32
Eli Lilly & Co.      NYSE:LLY       91 3/4     93 1/16     66 1/2
Merck & Co. Inc.     NYSE:MRK       92 5/8     93 5/8      67 3/16
Neogen Corp.         NASDAQ:NEOG     8 7/64     8 1/8       5 1/4
Pfizer Inc.          NYSE:PFE       45         46          32 7/16
Pharmacia Corp.      NYSE:PHA       59 1/4     61          35 7/16
Schering-Plough      NYSE:SGP       55 7/16    56 3/4      42 3/8
Corp.
Synbiotics Corp.     NASDAQ:SBIO     7/16       7/16        2 13/32

MEDIA
Clear Channel        NYSE:CCU       48 3/8     48 7/16     89 1/4
Communications
Emmis                NASDAQ:EMMS    23 1/2     28 11/16    62  8/25
Communications
Corp.
Meredith Corp.       NYSE:MDP       30 3/4     32 3/16     41 11/16
Saga                 AMEX:SGA       16 3/8     14 7/8      20 1/4
Communications Inc.
Time Warner Inc.     NYSE:TWX       61         52 6/25     72 5/16

FINANCIAL
Ag Services of       NYSE:ASV       12 5/8     13 3/4      14 15/16
America Inc,
FBL Financial        NYSE:FFG       14 1/2     17 3/8      20
Group Inc.
Farm Family          NYSE:FFH       42 5/16    42 3/4      42 1/4
Holdings Inc.
Federal              NYSE:AGM       19  9/16   23 3/8      20 3/16
Agricultural
 Mortgage Corp.

FOOD/FIBER/GRAIN/INDUSTRIAL PROCESSORS
The Andersons Inc.   NASDAQ:ANDE     8 21/32    8 5/8       8 1/4
Archer Daniels       NYSE:ADM       11 3/4     15          11 23/42
Midland Co.
CaFMaine Foods       NASDAQ:CALM     4  3/16    6           3  9/16
Inc.
ConAgra Inc.         NYSE:CAG       25 11/16   26          22 11/16
Corn Products        NYSE:CPO       25 1/4     29  1/16    32 3/4
International Inc.
Dean FoodsCo.        NYSE:DF        27 9/16    30 11/16    39 3/4
High Plains Corp.    NASDAQ:HIPC     2 3/4      3 1/8       1 29/32
IBPInc.              NYSE:IBP       21 11/16   26 3/4      18
Pilgrim's Pride      NYSE:CHX        7 7/8      7 13/16     8 5/16
Corp.
Sanderson Farms      NASDAQ:SAFM     7          7 1/2       8 9/16
Inc.
Tare & Lyle PLC      OTC BB:TATYY   13 1/2     14 1/4      25 3/4
Tyson Foodslnc.      NYSE:TSN       13 5/16    12 3/4      16 1/4

All stock prices have been adjusted for splits.