Table 8.  Implications of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Farm Bill) and April 1996 FAPRI Baseline
          on the Economic Viability of Representative Farms that Primarily Produce Rice.
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                                CAR424       CAR1365        TXR2118       TXR3750       MOR1900       MOR4000       ARR1260      LAR1100
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Change in Real Net Worth
1996-2002 (%)                   -5.94         -18.07         18.75         12.47          1.85          4.10        -21.86        -69.22

Government Payments to Receipts (%)
1996-2002 Average               22.51          22.48         23.21         21.06         12.49         12.49         16.21         16.33

Expenses to Receipts (%)
1996-2002 Average               87.37          99.38         77.54         89.30         83.49         84.85         90.52         91.93

Average Cash Receipts ($1000)
               1996            316.86         980.39        430.28       1229.82        599.30       1540.95        472.14        277.15
               1997            321.54         995.88        433.50       1234.68        577.67       1493.51        469.46        278.07
               1998            329.41        1020.58        448.84       1286.24        575.52       1484.75        473.65        281.58
               1999            325.85        1009.44        441.01       1276.47        571.43       1477.39        468.03        279.10
               2000            323.20        1001.88        439.50       1278.83        576.31       1489.33        468.48        277.44
               2001            313.41         972.40        425.15       1241.24        570.75       1468.21        458.03        273.49
               2002            313.68         973.59        424.57       1249.24        575.39       1483.24        461.44        275.38
1996-2002 Average              321.18         995.63        435.43       1261.12        574.51       1482.74        466.52        277.51

Average Net Cash Income ($1000)
               1996             65.31          92.26         97.92        154.11        149.91        385.32         90.77         46.88
               1997             64.79          81.98        101.83        147.46        116.56        282.00         62.57         43.52
               1998             65.34          90.42        116.68        191.25        112.82        257.54         64.66         45.52
               1999             57.71          62.22        108.50        161.03        104.51        228.34         53.98         31.29
               2000             45.80          38.59        105.09        156.62         97.98        224.98         49.61         24.29
               2001             31.38         -17.46         88.33        107.83         88.95        208.94         34.99          5.86
               2002             22.52         -46.76         83.29         98.48         81.13        223.06         16.08         -7.74
1996-2002 Average               47.93          34.83        100.62        143.78        100.33        237.48         46.98         23.79

Average Government Payments ($1000)
               1996             87.35         271.38        123.01        325.60         82.46        211.80         92.54         56.90
               1997             78.83         243.78        112.59        296.21         77.42        200.17         84.60         51.25
               1998             75.53         232.02        108.00        282.50         77.66        201.34         80.61         47.92
               1999             79.18         244.41        112.25        295.34         80.00        206.47         84.27         50.67
               2000             69.99         215.58         99.55        261.22         71.22        184.74         74.67         44.57
               2001             59.27         183.03         84.74        223.08         60.15        155.33         63.57         38.35
               2002             56.89         175.56         81.25        213.64         57.66        148.93         60.85         36.68
1996-2002 Average               69.95         215.73         99.73        262.00         70.68        182.83         74.76         44.91

Average Total Debt ($1000)
               1996            144.54         490.04        103.01        429.34        342.86       1597.94        477.56         72.70
               1997            175.93         499.15         95.01        388.92        289.11       1566.00        439.71         61.44
               1998            156.55         474.49         72.93        438.94        251.56       1563.14        407.14        128.40
               1999            195.53         456.52         60.38        379.15        274.74       1490.68        382.77        133.72
               2000            182.65         536.33         67.18        390.48        290.91       1341.71        370.61        240.37
               2001            197.54         580.35         58.72        349.02        374.03       1206.84        559.93        351.52
               2002            300.53         724.41         79.67        424.72        361.18       1158.33        638.05        396.12
1996-2002 Average              201.45         545.21         72.31        395.21        306.92       1387.78        466.37        218.59

Average Nominal Net Worth ($1000)
               1996            532.82        1486.76        419.75       1452.37        833.70       4036.64        942.20        213.16
               1997            554.90        1499.55        452.50       1537.19        846.86       4143.40        920.20        212.82
               1998            564.43        1525.60        483.85       1661.27        874.11       4198.03        920.84        220.51
               1999            581.33        1536.77        507.06       1711.52        908.65       4352.27        934.74        203.61
               2000            575.63        1534.11        526.32       1780.20        921.28       4431.24        930.83        188.94
               2001            572.56        1470.78        528.40       1789.42        927.36       4527.02        916.03        136.71
               2002            560.10        1391.03        530.91       1812.64        899.25       4576.90        813.99         72.74
1996-2002 Average              568.16        1492.98        504.84       1715.37        896.25       4371.48        906.11        172.56

NIA for Total Real Net Worth 1996-2002
in Dollars ($1000)              10.10          55.99        -31.00        -31.60         -2.56        -26.38         33.41         28.14

NIA for Total Real Net Worth 1996-2002
as % Receipts (%)                3.33           5.74         -7.24         -2.55         -0.45         -1.78          7.18         10.25
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