Table 6. Comparison of Average 50/50 Advisory Revenue and Benchmark Revenues, 1995 - 2004 Crop Years, Commercial Storage Costs
			Average	Market			Farmer			Difference Between Advisors			Difference Between Advisors
			Net	Benchmark			Benchmark			and Market Benchmark			and Farmer Benchmark
		Number of	Advisory	24-Month	20-Month		USDA	Market		24-Month	20-Month		USDA	Market
	Crop Year	Programs	Price	Average	Average		Prices	Prices		Average	Average		Prices	Prices
			---$ per acre (harvest equivalent)---							---$ per acre (harvest equivalent)---
	1995	25	319	304	317		320	340		15	2		-1	-21
	1996	24	369	366	371		357	349		2	-2		11	19
	1997	23	311	310	304		300	293		1	7		11	18
	1998	22	304	311	296		274	267		-6	8		30	38
	1999	25	299	297	286		285	281		2	13		14	18
	2000	26	298	294	286		279	277		4	11		18	21
	2001	26	287	285	277		286	281		1	9		1	5
	2002	26	294	284	285		295	293		11	9		-1	1
	2003	25	324	317	324		341	352		6	-1		-17	-29
	2004	26	377	363	361		356	329		15	17		22	48
	1995-2004 Average		318	313	311		309	306		5	7		8	12
	Notes:  Net advisory revenues and benchmark revenues 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. Averages for 1995-2004 are computed over the full set of advisory programs. As a result, averages of individual crop year revenues or differences may not equal the averages reported for 1995-2004.
													2.7	3.7	3.2
													2.8	3.8