Table 42. Comparison of Average Price or Revenue between Futures and Options Advisory Programs and Cash Only Programs, Corn, Soybeans and 50/50 Revenue, 1995-2004 Crop Years, Commercial Storage Costs
Commodity/	Number of	Average Net Advisory Price or Revenue											Standard		Two-tail
Program Category	Programs	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Average	Error	t-statistic	p-value
		---$ per bushel (harvest equivalent)---
Corn:
Futures and Options Programs	32	3.04	2.61	2.33	2.16	2.03	2.14	1.99	2.13	2.24	2.32	2.30
Cash Only Programs	9	3.01	2.68	2.30	2.18	2.01	2.09	1.96	2.21	2.24	2.23	2.29
Difference		0.03	-0.08	0.03	-0.02	0.01	0.05	0.04	-0.08	0.00	0.09	0.01	0.02	0.47	0.65
		---$ per bushel (harvest equivalent)---
Soybeans:
Futures and Options Programs	31	6.64	7.28	6.42	5.87	5.74	5.48	5.44	5.22	6.18	6.08	6.04
Cash Only Programs	9	6.47	7.24	6.28	5.68	5.51	5.34	5.46	5.31	6.36	6.05	5.97
Difference		0.16	0.04	0.14	0.18	0.23	0.13	-0.02	-0.08	-0.17	0.04	0.07	0.04	1.62	0.14
		---$ per acre (harvest equivalent)---
50/50 Revenue:
Futures and Options Programs	31	321	367	312	305	300	300	287	293	323	380	319
Cash Only Programs	9	315	372	307	302	294	292	285	300	326	371	316
Difference		5	-6	5	3	7	8	2	-7	-3	9	2	2	1.34	0.21
Notes: Advisory programs are categorized as "futures and options programs" and "cash only programs" based on the names provided by advisory services.  Some cash only programs actually may occasionally recommend futures and options positions.  The difference for a given crop year may not equal the differnce for the reported prices or revenues due to rounding.