Number of Beef Cow Farms by County, 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 to to to 1000 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO

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 to to 1,999 2,000 to 21,000 5,384 3, ,152 3, ,018 2,391 3,241 18,874 12,235 18,671 10,853 4,101 4, , , , ,530 2,758 1,664 5,302 2,94915,004 20,844 2,724 5,797 2, , HANCOCK CERRO GORDO

Inventory of Hogs by County, 2002 (in Thousand Head) 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, ,000 to 249, ,000 to 1,000,000

2, ,381 2,287,648 1,2931, , , , , ,118 1, ,910 1, , ,631, , , ,890 3, , , 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 to 999 1,000 to 1,499 1,500 to 2,300,000 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO Number of Layers by County, 2002

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

 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

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

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

Motivation – CBOT December 09 Weekly Corn Contract