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MARKET DATA, INC.
Analysis of Weekly Review Rating and Market Progress										***1997  NEW CROP CORN  ***
As of:		11/06/1997								**** OBERLIN BASIS ***
Date		Rating	Contract	Current	%	Futures	Futures	Cash	Cash Move	Today's	vs  Past	%
			Month	Futures	of High	Move Up	Move Down	Change	Hi to Lo	Cash	Average	of Past
02/05/1997		FAIR	DEC	$2.66	67.27%	$0.20	($0.47)	NA	$0.93	$2.46	$2.60	94.62%
03/20/1997		GOOD	DEC	$2.95	74.51%	$0.19	($0.54)	$0.28	$0.90	$2.74	$2.57	106.61%
03/27/1997		GOOD	DEC	$2.96	74.96%	$0.18	($0.55)	$0.27	$0.90	$2.73	$2.57	106.23%
04/03/1997		GOOD	DEC	$2.86	72.33%	$0.16	($0.54)	$0.19	$0.88	$2.65	$2.56	103.52%
04/10/1997		GOOD	DEC	$2.92	75.12%	$0.15	($0.55)	$0.18	$0.88	$2.64	$2.56	103.13%
04/23/1997		GOOD	DEC	$2.82	73.99%	$0.14	($0.53)	$0.12	$0.88	$2.58	$2.54	101.57%
06/18/1997		FAIR	DEC	$2.45	72.85%	$0.15	($0.34)	($0.34)	$0.68	$2.17	$2.47	87.85%
08/13/1997		FAIR	DEC	$2.66	71.81%	$0.20	($0.25)	($0.08)	$0.82	$2.38	$2.67	89.14%	< USDA Report
11/06/1997		FAIR	DEC	$2.74	76.55%	$0.04	($0.05)	($0.09)	$0.09	$2.37	$2.68	88.43%	friendly
THE FUTURES HIGH PRICE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WAS							$2.98	VS	$2.90	FCI AVERAGE OR		97.38%
MDI "GOOD" FUTURES		PRICE AVE.			$2.70	VS	$2.90	<  AVERAGE FUTURES		GAIN >	$0.20
TOTAL ACRES OF CROP FOR THIS PRODUCER						500.0
TIMES ESTIMATED AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE						120.0
EQUALS TOTAL BUSHELS AVAILABLE OF						60,000
TIMES THIS PRODUCERS SHARE OF BUSHELS						100.00%
EQUALS THIS PRODUCERS BUSHELS AVAILABLE						60,000
TIMES BUSHELS MARKETED WITH MDI PLAN						50.00%
EQUALS UNITS FOR GAIN (LOSS) WITH MDI						30,000
TIMES ESTIMATED PRICE GAIN (LOSS) OF						$0.20	<  AVERAGE "GOOD" RATING VS AVERAGE CASH PRICE
EQUALS GAIN (LOSS) FROM USING MDI OF						$6,060	COMPARED TO A COST OF			$400	FOR ONE CROP
ESTIMATED RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITH MDI						15.2	to 1.0 .