1. Historical Perspective Agriculture and the Economy

2. FARM PRODUCTIVITY

3. PRODUCTION INPUTS

5. Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops

6. HARVESTED CROP ACRES

7. REAL FARM INCOME

8. U.S. Agricultural Exports and Imports

9. U. S. Agricultural Trade Balance

10. FARM REAL ESTATE VALUES (Land and Buildings)

11. INFLATION AND MONEY SUPPLY

14. Monetary Base QE 2 QE 1 QE 3

15. Reserve Balances with FED

16. Real Gross Domestic Product

17. M2 Money Velocity

18. REAL PRIME INTEREST RATES

19. Bank Prime Loan Rate

20. 30-Year Conventional Mortgage Rate

25. March 1977 – August 2009 U.S. Treasury Yield Curve http://www.smartmoney.com/onebond/inde x.cfm?story=yieldcurvehttp://www.smartmoney.com/onebond/inde x.cfm?story=yieldcurve

26. Current Treasury Yield Curve

27. 3 MO vs. 10 Year Treasury Rates

28. 10 Year Treasury Bond Minus 3 Month Treasury Bill

30. http://politicalcalculations.blogspot. com/2006/06/visualizing- probability-of-recession.html

31. http://www.x-rates.com/