Full Report:

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Full Report http//www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/agmas/re
ports/05_02/AgMAS05_02.html All Tables
http//www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/agmas/reports/05_02/Ta
bles.htm AGMASS Excel Summary table see class
web site

• Univ. of Illinois does an annual evaluation of Ag
  Market Advisory
• Services. You can get the report at the above
  web address. See
• Especially the Excel summary table on our web
  site.
• Assignment Working individually or in teams of 2
  to 4 people,
• answer these questions
• How much better are advisory service
  recommendations as a
• group, in average cents per bushel, than the
  average price received
• by farmers? __________corn _____________
  soybeans
• For the services as a group, how does their
  average price
• compare with the 20-month market benchmark?
• Corn, _______________ Soybeans _________.
• 3. For the services as a group, how does their
  average price
• compare with the 20-month market benchmark?
• Corn, _______________ Soybeans _________.

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Univ. of Illinois annual evaluation of Ag Market
Advisory Services, continued. Questions 4.
Has any one advisory service been able to beat
the 24 month market benchmark every year over
the study period? _____ 5. How much does the
ranking of advisory services vary from year to
year? _________ 6. Brock is an advisory
service used by Cargill in some of its
contracts. On average, how has Brock ranked
among advisory Services? ________________ 7.
Pro Farmer is headquartered in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
How has it ranked among advisory services?
_____________ 8. Doane is a long-time farm
management and advisory service. How has it
ranked among advisory services? _____________