Ag stock index.

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STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET

                                               Month    This     Year
                                 Exchange-      Ago     Month     Ago
                                   Ticker     3/28/02  4/30/02  4/30/01

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY

AGCO Corp.                      NYSE:AG         22.82    22.72     8.70
Ag Bag International            OTC BB:AGBG       NA      0.36     0.68
Art's-Way Manufacturing Co.     NASDAQ:ARTW      3.10       NA       NA
Bion Environmental
  Technologies, Inc.            OTC BB:BION      1.03     0.61     0.97
Butler Manufacturing Co.        NYSE:BBR        26.85    27.82    22.80
CNH Global                      NYSE:CNH         5.22     5.75     5.77
CTB InternationaI Corp.         NASDAQ:CTBC     15.15    17.70     9.34
Caterpillar Inc.                NYSE:CAT        56.85    54.62    50.20
Deere & Co.                     NYSE:DE         45.55    44.76    41.07
Fiat                            NYSE:FIA        14.08    11.94    22.85
Gehl Co.                        NASDAQ:GEHL     15.15    14.99    15.40
Kubota Corp.                    NYSE:KUB        62.98    59.75    73.25
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.       NYSE:LNN        24.35    24.50    18.70
Titan International             NYSE:TWI         5.10     4.96     4.79
Trimble Navigation Ltd.         NASDAQ:TRMB     16.63    16.59    16.43
Twin Disc Inc.                  NYSE:TDI        16.65    15.95    14.80
Valmont Industries lnc.         NASDAQ:VALM     17.90    20.69    14.99

SEED, BIOTECH, CROP PROTECTION

American Vanguard Corp.         AMEX:AVD        16.92    19.20     9.00

Aventis                         NYSE:AVE        68.75    70.65    76.90
BASF AG                         NYSE:BF         40.83    41.80    42.67
Bayer Ag Corp.                  NYSE:BAY        33.84    32.65    41.00
Delta & Pine Land Co.           NYSE:DLP        18.97    19.46    23.90
Dow Chemical                    NYSE:DOW        32.72    31.80    33.45
DuPont                          NYSE:DD         47.15    44.50    45.19
Eden Bioscience Corp.           NASDAQ:EDEN      2.40     2.90    13.69
FMC Corp.                       NYSE:FMC        41.92    38.70    71.69
Huma Tech Inc.                  OTC BB:HUMT      1.37     1.14     0.45
IGI Inc.                        AMEX:IG           NA      0.59     1.00
Monsanto Co.                    NYSE:MON        31.59    30.80    30.95
Savia S.A. de C.V.              NYSE:VAI          NA      2.30    14.10
Syngenta                        NYSE:SYT        12.30    12.25    10.12

PLANT NUTRIENTS, FERTILIZER

Agrium Inc.                     NYSE:AGU        10.52     9.75    11.48
Church & Dwight Co.             NYSE:CHD        29.46    28.60    23.99
IMC GIobal lnc.                 NYSE:IGL        14.75    12.60    12.00
Mississippi Chemical Corp.      NYSE:GRO         2.75     1.78     3.48
Phosphate Resource Partners LP  NYSE:PLP         4.97     4.40     3.10
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan    NYSE:POT        65.26    64.13    57.36
Terra Industries Inc.           NYSE:TRA         2.61     2.68     3.80

ANIMAL HEALTH, GENETICS, FEED

Abbott Laboratories             NYSE:ABT        52.60    53.95    46.38
Alpharma Inc.                   NYSE:ALO        14.30    17.10    22.62
Balchem Encapsulates            AMEX:BCP        21.60    23.25    13.95
Bioreliance Corp.               NASDAQ:BREL     22.94    27.01    13.31
Eli Lilly & Co.                 NYSE:LLY        76.20    66.05    85.00
eMerge Interactive, Inc.        NASDAQ:EMRG      0.72     0.64     2.36
Merck & Co., Inc.               NYSE:MRK        57.58    54.34    75.97
Neogen Corp.                    NASDAQ:NEOG     15.80    14.80    14.80
Novartis                        NYSE:NVS        39.60    41.97    39.15
Pfizer Inc.                     NYSE:PFE        39.74    36.35    43.30
Pharmacia Corp.                 NYSE:PHA        45.08    41.23    52.26
Schering-Plough Corp.           NYSE:SGP        31.30    27.30    38.54
Wyeth                           NYSE:WYE        65.65    57.00    57.75

FINANCIAL

Ag Services of America Inc.     NYSE:ASV        14.00     NA       NA
FBL FinanciaI Group Inc.        NYSE:FFG        18.75    20.10    16.75
Federal Agricultural
  Mortage Corp.                 NYSE:AGM        44.50    37.71    27.29

FOOD/FIBER/GRAIN/INDUSTRIAL PROCESSORS

The Andersons Inc.              NASDAQ:ANDE     10.21    10.65     7.69
Archer Daniels Midland Co.      NYSE:ADM        13.93    13.27    11.34
Bunge Limited                   NYSE:BG         21.65    22.12       NA
Cal-Maine Foods Inc.            NASDAQ:CALM      3.61     4.00     5.12
ConAgra Inc.                    NYSE:CAG        24.25    24.50    20.81
Corn Products
 International Inc.             NYSE:CPO        32.20    33.10    24.50
Dean Foods Inc.                 NYSE:DF         37.86    37.02    18.50
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.           NYSE:CHX        14.02    13.60    10.60
Sanderson Farms Inc.            NASDAQ:SAFM     27.00    25.57    11.15
Tate & Lyle PLC                 OTC BB:TATYY    19.05      NA     12.70
Tyson Foods lnc.                NYSE:TSN        12.48    14.02    13.77

All stock prices have been adjusted for splits.