AG stock index.

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STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET

                                                             Month Ago
                                          Exchange:Ticker     8/30/02

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY
AGCO Corp.                                NYSE:AG               19.12
Ag Bag International                      OTC BB:AGBG              NA
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co.               NASDAQ:ARTW            2.98
Bion Environmental
  Technologies Inc.                       OTC BB:BION            3.35
Butler Manufacturing Co.                  NYSE:BBR              24.50
CNH Global                                NYSE:CNH               3.80
CTB International Corp.                   NASDAQ:CTBC           12.75
Caterpillar Inc.                          NYSE:CAT              43.64
Deere & Co.                               NYSE:DE               45.92
Fiat                                      NYSE:FIA              11.42
Gehl Co.                                  NASDAQ:GEHL           10.02
Kubota Corp.                              NYSE:KUB              14.45
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.                 NYSE:LNN              21.75
Titan International                       NYSE:TWI               3.77
Trimble Navigation Ltd.                   NASDAQ:TRMB           14.00
Twin Disc Inc.                            NYSE:TDI              13.75
Valmont Industries Inc.                   NYSE:VMI              24.50

SEED, BIOTECH, CROP PROTECTION
American Vanguard Corp.                   AMEX:AVD              20.75
Aventis                                   NYSE:AVE              58.86
BASF AG                                   NYSE:BF               41.25
Bayer Ag Corp.                            NYSE:BAY              23.88
Delta & Pine Land Co.                     NYSE:DLP              18.20
Dow Chemical                              NYSE:DOW              30.22
DuPont                                    NYSE:DD               40.31
Eden Bioscience Corp.                     NASDAQ:EDEN            1.73
FMC Corp.                                 NYSE:FMC              28.31
HumaTech Inc.                             OTC BB:HUMT            0.74
IGI Inc.                                  AMEX:IG                0.66
Monsanto Co.                              NYSE:MON              18.37
Savia S.A. de C.V.                        NYSE:VAI                 NA
Syngenta                                  NYSE:SYT              10.84

FINANCIAL
Ag Services of America Inc.               NYSE:ASV              10.60
FBL Financial Group Inc.                  NYSE:FFG              19.30
Federal Agricultural Mortage Corp.        NYSE:AGM              28.00

PLANT NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER
Agrium Inc.                               NYSE:AGU               9.29
Church & Dwight Co.                       NYSE:CHD              31.30
IMC Global Inc.                           NYSE:IGL              13.24
Mississippi Chemical Corp.                NYSE:GRO               1.25
Phosphate Resource Partners LP            NYSE:PLP               3.11
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan              NYSE:POT              60.61
Terra Industries Inc.                     NYSE:TRA               1.95

ANIMAL HEALTH, GENETICS, FEED
Abbott Laboratories                       NYSE:ABT              40.03
Alpharma Inc.                             NYSE:ALO              10.12
Balchem Encapsulates                      AMEX:BCP              24.25
Bioreliance Corp.                         NASDAQ:BREL           23.08
Eli Lilly & Co.                           NYSE:LLY              58.05
eMerge Interactive Inc.                   NASDAQ:EMRG            0.38
Merck & Co. Inc.                          NYSE:MRK              50.52
Neogen Corp.                              NASDAQ:NEOG           13.01
Novartis                                  NYSE:NVS              40.45
Pfizer Inc.                               NYSE:PFE              33.08
Pharmacia Corp.                           NYSE:PHA              43.70
Schering-Plough Corp.                     NYSE:SGP              23.08
Wyeth                                     NYSE:WYE              42.80

FOOD/FIBER/GRAIN/INDUSTRIAL PROCESSORS
The Andersons Inc.                        NASDAQ:ANDE           12.90
Archer Daniels Midland Co.                NYSE:ADM              12.19
Bunge Limited                             NYSE:BG               21.40
Cal-Maine Foods Inc.                      NASDAQ:CALM              NA
ConAgra Inc.                              NYSE:CAG              26.29
Corn Products International Inc.          NYSE:CPO              28.00
Dean Foods Inc.                           NYSE:DF               37.85
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.                     NYSE:CHX               9.75
Sanderson Farms Inc.                      NASDAQ:SAFM           17.70
Tate & Lyle PLC                           OTC BB:TATYY          22.50
Tyson Foods Inc.                          NYSE:TSN              12.42

                                            This Month        Year Ago
                                              9/30/02          9/28/01

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY
AGCO Corp.                                     23.20             9.05
Ag Bag International                              NA             0.46
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co.                     3.40             1.91
Bion Environmental
  Technologies Inc.                             3.25             8.80
Butler Manufacturing Co.                       21.60            21.70
CNH Global                                      3.38             5.77
CTB International Corp.                        12.79             9.95
Caterpillar Inc.                               37.22            44.80
Deere & Co.                                    45.45            37.61
Fiat                                            9.79            17.61
Gehl Co.                                       10.26            13.45
Kubota Corp.                                   14.20            13.75
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.                      24.23            17.75
Titan International                             2.59             5.29
Trimble Navigation Ltd.                         9.90            15.25
Twin Disc Inc.                                    NA            14.40
Valmont Industries Inc.                        23.35            14.00

SEED, BIOTECH, CROP PROTECTION
American Vanguard Corp.                        20.20            10.91
Aventis                                        52.55            75.09
BASF AG                                        35.50            35.20
Bayer Ag Corp.                                 17.60            29.00
Delta & Pine Land Co.                          18.74            16.98
Dow Chemical                                   27.31            32.76
DuPont                                         36.07            37.52
Eden Bioscience Corp.                           1.81             7.62
FMC Corp.                                      25.82            48.99
HumaTech Inc.                                   0.49             0.35
IGI Inc.                                        0.71               NA
Monsanto Co.                                   15.29            33.73
Savia S.A. de C.V.                                NA             0.80
Syngenta                                       10.80             9.97

FINANCIAL
Ag Services of America Inc.                    12.05            11.60
FBL Financial Group Inc.                       18.45            16.72
Federal Agricultural Mortage Corp.             29.51            33.38

PLANT NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER
Agrium Inc.                                     9.15             9.72
Church & Dwight Co.                            33.15            25.85
IMC Global Inc.                                12.05             9.00
Mississippi Chemical Corp.                      0.68             2.75
Phosphate Resource Partners LP                  2.44             3.55
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan                   62.20            55.69
Terra Industries Inc.                           1.85             2.97

ANIMAL HEALTH, GENETICS, FEED
Abbott Laboratories                            40.40            51.85
Alpharma Inc.                                   9.60            28.80
Balchem Encapsulates                           21.65            20.60
Bioreliance Corp.                              20.82            11.20
Eli Lilly & Co.                                55.34            80.70
eMerge Interactive Inc.                         0.35             1.65
Merck & Co. Inc.                               45.71            66.60
Neogen Corp.                                   13.35            14.35
Novartis                                       39.73            38.92
Pfizer Inc.                                    29.02            40.10
Pharmacia Corp.                                38.88            40.56
Schering-Plough Corp.                          21.32            37.10
Wyeth                                          31.80            58.25

FOOD/FIBER/GRAIN/INDUSTRIAL PROCESSORS
The Andersons Inc.                             12.70             8.75
Archer Daniels Midland Co.                     12.51            12.59
Bunge Limited                                  24.20            17.00
Cal-Maine Foods Inc.                            3.64             4.15
ConAgra Inc.                                   24.85            22.45
Corn Products International Inc.               28.75            28.73
Dean Foods Inc.                                39.78            23.12
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.                           9.30            13.80
Sanderson Farms Inc.                           16.00            14.24
Tate & Lyle PLC                                22.25            14.50
Tyson Foods Inc.                               11.63            10.02

All stock prices have been adjusted for splits.