AG stock index.

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STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET

                                            Month     This      Year
                             Exchange:       Ago      Month      Ago
                               Ticker      8/31/01   9/28/01   9/29/00

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY

AGCO Corp.                  NYSE:AG          11.75      9.05     11.88
Ag Bag International        OTC BB:AGBG        NA       0.23      0.33
Art's-Way Manufacturing     NASDAQ:ARTW        NA       1.91      3.25
  Co.
Bion Environmental
  Technologies, Inc.        OTC DB:BION       1.41      0.88      2.06
Butler Manufacturing Co.    NYSE:BBR         24.49     21.70     22.94
CNH Global                  NYSE:CNH          7.50      5.77     10.00
CTB International Corp.     NASDAQ:CTBC       9.50      9.95      7.56
Caterpillar Inc.            NYSE:CAT         50.00     44.80     31.00
Deere & Co.                 NYSE:DE          43.17     37.61     33.25
Fiat                        NYSE:FIA         23.25     17.61     23.50
Gehl Co.                    NASDAQ:GEHL      18.20     13.45     11.56
Kubota Corp.                NYSE:KUB           NA      55.00     69.50
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.   NYSE:LNN         18.90     17.75     18.62
Titan International         NYSE:TWI          5.71      5.29      5.75
Trimble Navigation Ltd.     NASDAQ:TRMB      16.50     15.25     22.38
Twin Disc Inc.              NYSE:TDI         14.81     14.40     16.75
Valmont Industries Inc.     NASDAQ:VALM      17.55     14.00     19.88

SEED, BIOTECH, CROP PROTECTION

American Vanguard Corp.     AMEX:AVD         14.50     14.55      7.05
Aventis                     NYSE:AVE         73.00     75.09     75.31
BASF AG                     NYSE:BF          41.08     35.20     36.44
Bayer Ag Corp.              OTC BB:BAYZY     32.20     29.00     37.38
Delta & Pine Land Co.       NYSE:DLP         20.20     16.98     25.71
Dow Chemical                NYSE:DOW         35.06     32.76     24.94
DuPont                      NYSE:DD          40.97     37.52     40.88
Eden Bioscience Corp.       NASDAQ:EDEN      10.47      7.62     33.00
FMC Corp.                   NYSE:FMC         62.49     48.99     67.06
HumaTech Inc.               OTC BB:HUMT       0.51      0.35      0.63
IGI Inc.                    AMEX:IG           0.65     NA         1.31
Monsanto Co.                NYSE:MON         34.11     33.73       NA
Savia S.A. de C.V.          NYSE:VAI          1.55      0.80       NA
Syngenta                    NYSE:SYT         10.54      9.97       NA

PLANT NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER

Agrium Inc.                 NYSE:AGU         10.65      9.72     10.25
Church & Dwight Co.         NYSE:CHD         27.24     25.85     18.38
IMC Global Inc.             NYSE:IGL         11.81      9.00     14.50
Mississippi Chemical        NYSE:GRO          3.20      2.75      4.00
  Corp.
Phosphate Resource          NYSE:PLP          3.75      3.55      4.75
  Partners LP
Potash Corp. of             NYSE:POT         62.83     55.69     52.31
  Saskatchewan
Terra Industries Inc.       NYSE:TRA          3.30      2.97      2.13

ANIMAL HEALTH, GENETICS, FEED

Abbott Laboratories         NYSE:ABT         49.70     51.85     47.56
Alpharma Inc.               NYSE:ALO         31.40     28.80     61.09
American Home Products      NYSE:AHP         56.00     58.25     56.44
  Corp.
Balchem Encapsulates        AMEX:BCP         20.00     20.60     12.00
Bioreliance Corp.           NASDAQ:BREL       NA       11.20     15.00
Eli Lilly & Co.             NYSE:LLY         77.63     80.70     81.13
Merck & Co., Inc.           NYSE:MRK         65.10     66.60     74.44
Neogen Corp.                NASDAQ:NEOG      13.29     14.35      6.94
Novartis                    NYSE:NVS         36.47     38.92     38.69
Pfizer Inc.                 NYSE:PFE         38.31     40.10     44.92
Pharmacia Corp.             NYSE:PHA         39.60     40.56     60.19
Schering-Plough Corp.       NYSE:SGP         38.13     37.10     46.56

FINANCIAL

Ag Services of America      NYSE:ASV         13.00     11.60     17.63
  Inc.
FBL Financial Group Inc.    NYSE:FFG         18.90     16.72     16.25
Federal Agricultural        NYSE:AGM         34.51     33.38     17.63
  Mortage Corp.

FOOD/FIBER/GRAIN/INDUSTRIAL PROCESSORS

The Andersons Inc.          NASDAQ:ANDE       9.40      8.75      8.63
Archer Daniels Midland      NYSE:ADM         13.43     12.59      8.21
  Co.
Bunge Limited               NYSE:BG          18.25     17.00     NA
Cal-Maine Foods Inc.        NASDAQ:CALM      NA         4.15      3.25
ConAgra Inc.                NYSE:CAG         22.95     22.45     20.06
Corn Products               NYSE:CPO         33.00     28.73     22.75
  International Inc.
Dean Foods Inc.             NYSE:DF          43.11     46.25     33.25
High Plains Corp.           NASDAQ:HIPC       4.50      3.90      3.88
IBP Inc.                    NYSE:IBP         25.00     23.65     18.31
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.       NYSE:CHX         14.55     13.80      6.88
Sanderson Farms Inc.        NASDAQ:SAFM      13.88     14.24      6.81
Tate & Lyle PLC             OTC BB:TATYY     16.13     14.50     13.50
Tyson Foods Inc.            NYSE:TSN         10.55     10.02     10.00

All stock prices have been adjusted for splits.