2001 all Tables


Table 3. Revenue Results for 40 Market Advisory Programs, 1995-2004 Crop Years, Commercial Storage Costs

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50	50/50
	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory	Advisory
Market Advisory Program	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue	Revenue

	---$ per acre (harvest equivalent)---

Ag Alert for Ontario	N/A	359	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ag Financial Strategies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	270	256	292	363
Ag Market Professional (cash only)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	368
Ag Market Professional (hedge)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	348
Ag Profit by Hjort	326	355	283	282	280	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ag Review	292	382	324	293	282	285	298	311	288	395
AgLine by Doane (cash only)	326	373	310	304	298	301	284	288	343	372
AgLine by Doane (hedge)	N/A	N/A	N/A	310	302	305	284	293	340	373
AgResource	377	407	295	316	371	381	264	301	367	448
Agri-Edge (cash only)	323	369	291	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Agri-Edge (hedge)	327	403	310	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Agri-Mark	382	375	304	287	297	295	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AgriVisor (aggressive cash)	330	385	317	303	302	303	287	305	334	390
AgriVisor (aggressive hedge)	331	369	311	294	289	301	287	305	334	400
AgriVisor (basic cash)	297	366	311	297	300	300	285	305	334	390
AgriVisor (basic hedge)	315	374	306	293	296	299	282	305	334	390
Allendale (futures only)	277	327	334	321	312	306	294	277	304	362
Brock (cash-only)	295	373	310	295	304	281	280	315	322	374
Brock (hedge)	255	344	346	340	315	309	281	308	317	368
Cash Grain	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	310	290	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Co-Mark	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	291	295	292	332	N/A
Freese-Notis	310	385	298	308	271	293	274	291	319	371
Grain Field Marketing	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	286	306	330	361
Grain Field Report	333	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Grain Marketing Plus	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	265	287	287	N/A	N/A
Harris Weather/Elliott Advisory	332	331	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
North American Ag	327	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northstar Commodity	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	286	291	335	377
Pro Farmer (cash only)	329	371	299	296	266	276	284	285	322	345
Pro Farmer (hedge)	324	377	310	307	276	273	278	264	313	354
Progressive Ag	N/A	374	313	284	292	286	334	320	369	431
Prosperous Farmer	310	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Risk Management Group (cash only)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	301	305	289	299	301	356
Risk Management Group (futures & options)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	295	302	282	310	305	351
Risk Management Group (options only)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	291	301	282	301	305	358
Stewart-Peterson Advisory Reports	300	358	291	306	297	272	299	281	312	395
Stewart-Peterson Strictly Cash	306	370	309	316	287	277	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Top Farmer Intelligence	319	345	292	313	318	325	298	278	311	371
Utterback Marketing Services	N/A	N/A	354	337	315	314	283	273	329	403
Zwicker Cycle Letter	332	373	322	292	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Descriptive Statistics:
Average	319	369	311	304	299	298	287	294	324	377
Median	324	372	310	304	297	299	284	296	322	371
Minimum	255	327	283	282	266	265	264	256	288	345
Maximum	382	407	354	340	371	381	334	320	369	448
Range	128	80	71	58	105	116	70	64	81	102
Standard Deviation	27	19	17	15	20	22	13	16	20	25

Market Benchmarks
24-month average	304	366	310	311	297	294	285	284	317	363
20-month average	317	371	304	296	286	286	277	285	324	361

Farmer Benchmarks
USDA prices	320	357	300	274	285	279	286	295	341	356
Market Prices	340	349	293	267	281	277	281	293	352	329


Notes: Net advisory prices and benchmark prices are stated on a harvest equivalent basis. A crop year is a two-year marketing window from September of the year previous to harvest through August of the year after harvest. N/A denotes "Not Applicable," since the indicated program did not exist or was not evaluated for the given crop year.
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	5.00	0.56	0.31	-2.03	0.57	1.38	0.44	3.71	1.99	4.00	1.3	0.33	0.03
	0.69	-0.53	2.20	2.73	4.48	3.93	3.29	3.06	-0.19	4.63	2.2	-0.04	0.02
	-0.46	3.18	3.57	11.12	4.86	6.47	0.19	-0.23	-5.07	6.06	2.6	-0.04	0.00
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												-0.05	0.03
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												-0.35	0.01
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												-0.43	0.03

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