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  Historical Pricing Recommendations  
1997 Wheat Alert 1998 Soybean Advice 1999 Corn Advice

Historical Pricing Recommendations

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Wheat

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MARKET DATA, INC.
            Pre-Harvest Historical Pricing Recommendations Review to September 27, 2005
A. REVIEW ON SEPTEMBER FUTURES:   Average In year of 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
to 7-5 to 7-1 to 7-2
1. WHEAT -   Pre-Harvest "GOOD" Ratings $3.81  < without NA years $3.74 $4.01 $3.78 $3.33 $3.57 NA NA $3.74 $4.51
2. WHEAT -   Pre-Harvest SEP Futures High $3.97  < without NA years $3.74 $4.31 $3.95 $3.39 $3.66 $3.27 $3.49 $3.79 $4.98
3. MDI - "GOOD" Rating as a % of the High 95.91%  < of HIGH 100.00% 92.92% 95.76% 98.23% 97.54% NA NA 98.68% 90.63%
 
Number of Weekly "GOOD" Ratings in the Year were 1 17 10 1 4 0 0 1 3
4. WHEAT -   Pre-Harvest "POOR" Ratings $3.18  < without NA years $3.29 NA $3.16 $3.03 NA $3.04 $2.87 $3.28 $3.57
5. WHEAT -   Pre-Harvest SEP Futures Low $3.01  < without NA years $3.13 $3.30 $3.02 $2.87 $2.93 $2.93 $2.74 $3.02 $3.37
6. MDI - "POOR" Rating as a % of the Low 94.79%  < of LOW 95.29% NA 95.57% 94.72% NA 96.11% 95.47% 92.07% 94.53%
Number of Weekly "POOR" Ratings in the Year were 2 0 13 25 0 3 3 1 6
B. REVIEW ON DECEMBER FUTURES:   Average 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
to 9-27 to 11-1 to 9-30
1. CORN  -    Pre-Harvest "GOOD" Ratings $2.62  < without NA years $2.45 $2.90 $2.49 $2.60 $2.45 $2.62 NA $2.59 $2.90
2. CORN  -    Pre-Harvest DEC Futures High $2.83  < without NA years $2.70 $3.37 $2.52 $2.92 $2.62 $2.67 $2.50 $2.90 $2.98
3. MDI - "GOOD" Rating as a % of the High 92.59%  < of HIGH 90.65% 86.26% 99.01% 88.96% 93.23% 98.04% NA 89.31% 97.38%
 
Number of Weekly "GOOD" Ratings in the Year were 12 26 2 13 8 3 0 3 5
4. CORN  -    Pre-Harvest "POOR" Ratings $2.11  < without NA years $2.12 NA $2.14 $2.33 $2.13 $1.95 $2.01 $2.08          NA
5. CORN  -    Pre-Harvest DEC Futures Low $2.01  < without NA years $2.03 $2.03 $2.12 $2.17 $2.03 $1.87 $1.88 $1.96 $2.27
6. MDI - "POOR" Rating as a % of the Low 95.29%  < of LOW 95.98% NA 98.72% 93.13% 95.42% 96.25% 93.28% 94.41%          NA
Number of Weekly "POOR" Ratings in the Year were 5 0 4 1 3 6 1 5 0
C. REVIEW ON NOVEMBER FUTURES:   Average 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
to 9-27 to 10-1 to 9-23
1. BEANS -   Pre-Harvest "GOOD" Ratings $6.22  < without NA years $6.43 $7.13 $5.88 $5.75 NA $5.64 NA $6.15 $6.53
2. BEANS -   Pre-Harvest NOV Futures High $6.88  < without NA years $7.66 $7.89 $6.51 $5.89 $5.23 $5.84 $6.10 $6.86 $7.50
3. MDI - "GOOD" Rating as a % of the High 90.38%  < of HIGH 83.98% 90.42% 90.36% 97.62% NA 96.60% NA 89.65% 87.00%
 
Number of Weekly "GOOD" Ratings in the Year were 30 20 9 2 0 7 0 6 20
4. BEANS -   Pre-Harvest "POOR" Ratings $4.94  < without NA years $5.57 $5.75 $5.06 $4.59 $4.50 $4.84 $4.24          NA          NA
5. BEANS -   Pre-Harvest NOV Futures Low $4.65  < without NA years $5.21 $5.24 $4.98 $4.30 $4.20 $4.47 $4.12 $5.08 $5.77
6. MDI - "POOR" Rating as a % of the Low 94.09%  < of LOW 93.45% 91.00% 98.47% 93.68% 93.34% 92.30% 97.17%          NA          NA
Number of Weekly "POOR" Ratings in the Year were 1 3 5 30 24 4 2 0 0
 
D. COMMENTS ABOUT THESE RATINGS: A 100% RATING COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED WITH ONE Good or Poor rating on 
the exact HIGH or LOW date each year but these were weekly reports!
1. A Market Data, Inc. (MDI) "GOOD" rating is an indicator that the cash price may be approaching a high and that
some price protection might be a good idea.  This could be cash sales, futures short hedges, buying put options
or other methods of protecting prices from a potential drop from current levels.
2. A MDI "POOR" rating is an indicator that the cash price may be approaching a low or bottom.  This should alert
producers to check their short hedges (vs. local loan rates) for possibly taking profit on these hedges or put 
options or to consider taking Loan Deficiency Payments (LDP's) or Marketing Loan Gains (MLG's) or possibly
looking at a long futures position or call option purchase to protect a potential upcoming LDP or MLG.
K.C. SEP WHEAT FUTURES PRE-HARVEST RATINGS FROM: 1/1/1997  TO 7/5/2005
HISTORICAL HIGH FUTURES PRICE $3.97  MDI price was within  $0.16
 of the high price or within  16.67%  of the high.
HISTORICAL FUTURES PRICE LOW $3.01
HIGH TO LOW RANGE $0.96
AVERAGE FUTURES PRICE $3.49
MDI - "GOOD" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $3.81  which was  $0.32  ABOVE the average price
MDI - "PO0R" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $3.18  which was $0.31  below the average price
CHICAGO DEC CORN FUTURES PRE-HARVEST RATINGS FROM: 1/1/1997  TO 9/27/2005
HISTORICAL HIGH FUTURES PRICE $2.83  MDI price was within  $0.21
 of the high price or within  25.61%  of the high.
HISTORICAL FUTURES PRICE LOW $2.01
HIGH TO LOW RANGE $0.82
AVERAGE FUTURES PRICE $2.42
MDI - "GOOD" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $2.62  which was  $0.20  ABOVE the average price
MDI - "PO0R" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $2.11  which was $0.31  below the average price
CHICAGO NOV SOYBEAN FUTURES PRE-HARVEST RATINGS: 1/1/1997  TO 9/27/2005
HISTORICAL HIGH FUTURES PRICE $6.88  MDI price was within  $0.66
 of the high price or within  29.60%  of the high.
HISTORICAL FUTURES PRICE LOW $4.65
HIGH TO LOW RANGE $2.23
AVERAGE FUTURES PRICE $5.77
MDI - "GOOD" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $6.22  which was  $0.45  ABOVE the average price
MDI - "PO0R" RATING AVERAGE PRICE $4.94  which was $0.83  below the average price
USING THE MDI "GOOD" RATING AS A GUIDE IN SELLING, PRICED CROPS IN THE TOP 17% TO 30% OF THE PRICE RANGE.
Don't be satisfied with a marketing service that just tries to make you and AVERAGE marketer, signup with MDI and 
let us help you to market your grain in the top  30.00%  of the price range and at a price that is significantly
above the average price.  See the above figures which are our eight year average actuals.
A producer with 500.0 acres of wheat and a yield of 40.0  would have netted a gain of $6,400.00
A producer with 500.0 acres of corn/milo a yield of 70.0  would have netted a gain of $7,000.00
A producer with 200.0 acres of soybeans & yield of 30.0  would have netted a gain of $2,730.00
1,200.0 TOTAL GAIN $16,130.00
$0.50  MDI cost per acre MDI COST 3 COMMODITIES $600.00
NET GAIN $15,530.00
ABOVE the returns they would have made with marketing grain at the AVERAGE price level available.  Compare the
added gain from the Market Data "GOOD" rating and our low annual cost of $400.00  for the first commodity
and a cost of just $100.00  for each added commodity to the potential return vs. average marketing results.
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