1. Number of Beef Cow Farms by County, 2002 145 378 319 345 430 184 236 355 353394 107 322 240 399 358 162 340 297 309 567 60 368 397 249 312 356 120 149 315 167 162 129 128 64 449 84 198 299 185 168 123 302 144 118 223 61 256 254 258 267 171 215 105 406 105 162 249 111 99 306 442 369 118 164 280 360 415 112 381 340 449 320 148 328 184 152 94 62 352 162 277 254 195 162 226 324 114344 368 170 110 190 245 146 49 125 8664 98 LYON SIOUX PLYMOUTH WOODBURY MONONA HARRISON POTTAWATTAMIE MILLS FREMONT PAGETAYLORRINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE DES MOINES HENRY JEFFERSON WAPELLO MONROE LUCAS CLARKE UNION ADAMS MONTGOMERY CASSADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON LOUISA MUSCATINE SCOTT CLINTON JACKSON JONES CEDAR LINN JOHNSON BENTON IOWA TAMA POWESHIEKJASPER MARSHALL STORY POLK DALLAS BOONEGREENE GUTHRIE AUDUBON CARROLLCRAWFORD SHELBY IDA SAC CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTASHUMBOLDT KOSSUTH CALHOUN WEBSTER HAMILTON HARDINGRUNDY BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE CLAYTON ALLAMAKEE WINNESHIEK FAYETTE HOWARD MITCHELL WORTH WINNEBAGO FLOYDCHICKASAW BREMER BUTLER FRANKLIN WRIGHT EMMET PALO ALTO DICKINSON CLAY OSCEOLA O'BRIEN Number of Farms 0 to 99 100 to 199 200 to 349 350 to 1000 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO

2. Milk Cow Inventory by County, 2002 LYON SIOUX PLYMOUTH WOODBURY MONONA HARRISON POTTAWATTAMIE MILLS FREMONT PAGETAYLORRINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE DES MOINES HENRY JEFFERSON WAPELLO MONROE LUCAS CLARKE UNION ADAMS MONTGOMERY CASSADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON LOUISA MUSCATINE SCOTT CLINTON JACKSON JONES CEDAR LINN JOHNSON BENTON IOWA TAMA POWESHIEKJASPER MARSHALL STORY POLK DALLAS BOONEGREENE GUTHRIE AUDUBON CARROLLCRAWFORD SHELBY IDA SAC CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTASHUMBOLDT KOSSUTH CALHOUN WEBSTER HAMILTON HARDINGRUNDY BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE CLAYTON ALLAMAKEE WINNESHIEK FAYETTE HOWARD MITCHELL WORTH WINNEBAGO FLOYDCHICKASAW BREMER BUTLER FRANKLIN WRIGHT EMMET PALO ALTO DICKINSON CLAY OSCEOLA O'BRIEN Number of Milk Cows Undisclosed 0 to 249 250 to 499 500 to 1,999 2,000 to 21,000 5,384 3,235190 488 20,152 3,478 649 194 1075 343 5 632 248 296 391 378 1,018 2,391 3,241 18,874 12,235 18,671 10,853 4,101 4,722 0262 1,426 630 1,270 975 683 686 121 504 288 216 297 355 253 83 209 23 104 97 1,417 195 13 246 644 615 314 1,530 2,758 1,664 5,302 2,94915,004 20,844 2,724 5,797 2,815 630 479 809 494 900 809 2,149 257 350 731 85 928 528 180 261 293 165 262 0 168 783 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO

3. Inventory of Hogs by County, 2002 (in Thousand Head) 423 56 65 570 182 869 241 146 7166 147 88 43 118 165 35 80 70 136 67 163 71 174 142 159 48 314 424 49 46 888 333 22 322 38 144 169 97 208 133 79 101 64 195 532 467 223 428 208 136 107 295 192 29 379 350 427 161 201 64 31 102 149 140 84 10 2 158 36 32 47 64 105 137 239 96 54 192 32 58 45 127 89 88 6 10 144 47 18 25 26 106 104 35248 155 LYON SIOUX PLYMOUTH WOODBURY MONONA HARRISON POTTAWATTAMIE MILLS FREMONT PAGETAYLORRINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE DES MOINES HENRY JEFFERSON WAPELLO MONROE LUCAS CLARKE UNION ADAMS MONTGOMERY CASSADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON LOUISA MUSCATINE SCOTT CLINTON JACKSON JONES CEDAR LINN JOHNSON BENTON IOWA TAMA POWESHIEKJASPER MARSHALL STORY POLK DALLAS BOONEGREENE GUTHRIE AUDUBON CARROLLCRAWFORD SHELBY IDA SAC CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTASHUMBOLDT KOSSUTH CALHOUN WEBSTER HAMILTON HARDINGRUNDY BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE CLAYTON ALLAMAKEE WINNESHIEK FAYETTE HOWARD MITCHELL WORTH WINNEBAGO FLOYDCHICKASAW BREMER BUTLER FRANKLIN WRIGHT EMMET PALO ALTO DICKINSON CLAY OSCEOLA O'BRIEN HANCOCK CERRO GORDO Number of Hogs Undisclosed 0 to 49,999 50,000 to 99,999 100,000 to 249,999 250,000 to 1,000,000

4. 2,787 906 901 690 407,381 2,287,648 1,2931,218 763 241,266 243 950 1,748 226,535 668 715 454 908 287,668 641 826 10,118 1,218 699 251 1,910 1,095 440 589 264 1,079 203 1,631,815 463,427 166,782 674 1,890 3,395 773 633 427 295 398 613 1,505 922 223714 2,033 805 391 405 778 397 387 184 180 484 907 402 219 093 240 217 LYON SIOUX PLYMOUTH WOODBURY MONONA HARRISON POTTAWATTAMIE MILLS FREMONT PAGETAYLORRINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE DES MOINES HENRY JEFFERSON WAPELLO MONROE LUCAS CLARKE UNION ADAMS MONTGOMERY CASSADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON LOUISA MUSCATINE SCOTT CLINTON JACKSON JONES CEDAR LINN JOHNSON BENTON IOWA TAMA POWESHIEKJASPER MARSHALL STORY POLK DALLAS BOONEGREENE GUTHRIE AUDUBON CARROLLCRAWFORD SHELBY IDA SAC CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTASHUMBOLDT KOSSUTH CALHOUN WEBSTER HAMILTON HARDINGRUNDY BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE CLAYTON ALLAMAKEE WINNESHIEK FAYETTE HOWARD MITCHELL WORTH WINNEBAGO FLOYDCHICKASAW BREMER BUTLER FRANKLIN WRIGHT EMMET PALO ALTO DICKINSON CLAY OSCEOLA O'BRIEN Number of Layers Undisclosed 0 to 499 500 to 999 1,000 to 1,499 1,500 to 2,300,000 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO Number of Layers by County, 2002

7. * * * * * * * * * 62 Planned + current in Iowa 11 Just across the borders * * * *

8.  Current ethanol capacity: 147 plants, 8.6 billion gallons/year  Total capacity under construction and expansion: 5.1 billion gallons/year  55 new ethanol plants and 6 expansion projects underway  Source: Renewable Fuels Association U.S. Ethanol Industry  2.2 billion bushels of corn were used in producing fuel ethanol in 2006/2007 marketing year.  3.1 billion bushels of corn are expected to be used in producing fuel ethanol for 2007/2008 marketing year.  4.1 billion expected crush by summer of 2009

9. Change in world consumption of five major grains between the 2005/06 and 2007/08 marketing years Source: Pat Westhoff

10. World consumption of five major grains, 2005/06 and 2007/08 marketing years Source: Pat Westhoff

11. Motivation – CBOT December 09 Weekly Corn Contract