Table  4.  Assumed Rates of Change in Input Prices and Annual Interest Rates
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                        1996     1997     1998     1999     2000     2001     2002
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Average Annual Rate of Change in Variable Cash Expenses
 Corn (%)               0.68     0.66     1.74     1.82     2.03     1.82     1.70

Wheat (%)               2.03     0.51     1.23     2.16     2.47     2.10     1.98

Cotton (%)              2.82     1.20     1.69     1.93     2.13     2.21     2.21

Sorghum (%)             0.34     1.28     1.62     1.54     1.70     1.47     1.34

Soybeans (%)            1.30     1.19     1.52     1.41     1.67     1.54     1.58

Barley (%)              0.92     0.73     1.36     1.93     2.15     1.85     1.84

Oats (%)                4.28    -0.49     1.86     2.11     1.81     1.56     2.08

Rice (%)                1.33     1.41     1.75     2.14     2.37     2.16     2.11

Dairy (%)              -0.03     0.09     0.26     0.85     1.32     1.37     1.43

Cattle (%)              0.49     0.49     0.74     1.01     1.31     1.26     1.28

Hogs (%)                0.29     0.38     0.36     0.35     0.36     0.35     0.41

Annual Interest Rate
Long-Term (%)           7.67     7.40     7.45     7.39     7.41     7.38     7.30

Intermediate-Term (%    7.90     7.75     8.06     8.17     8.18     8.06     7.70

Savings Account (%)     3.90     3.75     4.06     4.17     4.18     4.06     3.70
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Source: Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University
of Missouri-Columbia and Iowa State University.