Table A1. Characteristics of Panel Farms in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, and South Carolina Producing Feed Grains.
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                       IAG950    IAG2200   MOG1500   MOG3000    NEG800   NEG1575   TXNP1600  TXNP4500 SCG1500   SCG3500
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County                 Webster   Webster   Carroll   Carroll    Phelps    Phelps     Moore     Moore Clarendon Clarendon

Total Cropland             950      2200      1500      3000       800      1575      1600      4500      1500      3500
 Acres Owned               320       320       750      1500       400      1040       320       900       500      1400
 Acres Leased              630      1880       750      1500       400       535      1280      3600      1000      2100

Pastureland
Acres Owned                  0         0         0         0       250         0         0         0       300      1400
Acres Leased                 0         0         0         0       250         0         0         0         0         0

Assets ($1,000)
 Total                    1254      1527      1789      3312      1327      2875       677      1563       936      3037
 Real Estate               952       967      1359      2594       974      2173       185       538       582      2007
 Machinery                 252       459       361       535       273       579       402       878       309       845
 Other & Livestock          51       101        69       183        79       122        90       147        44       185

Debt/Asset Ratios*
 Total                    0.28      0.31      0.23      0.22      0.20      0.24      0.30      0.39      0.32      0.32
 Intermediate             0.56      0.51      0.37      0.32      0.21      0.40      0.38      0.49      0.52      0.56
 Long Run                 0.19      0.19      0.19      0.19      0.19      0.19      0.16      0.20      0.19      0.19

1996 Livestock
Beef Cows                    0         0         0         0       100         0         0         0         0         0

1996 Gross Receipts
Total                    311.7     562.7     369.3     820.7     378.1     792.0     402.0     982.7     572.5    1208.7

 Cattle                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      28.6       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      7.6%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%

 Corn                    181.3     334.3     174.6     470.5     349.5     772.0     197.8     417.8     196.4     467.2
                          58.2%     59.4%     47.3%     57.3%     92.4%     97.5%     49.2%     42.5%     34.3%     38.7%

 Sorghum                   0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      75.1     227.2       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     18.7%     23.1%      0.0%      0.0%

 Wheat                     0.0       0.0      41.0      52.2       0.0       0.0     129.1     337.7     182.5     225.5
                           0.0%      0.0%     11.1%      6.4%      0.0%      0.0%     32.1%     34.4%     31.9%     18.7%

 Soybeans                130.4     228.4     143.8     298.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     193.7     419.8
                          41.8%     40.6%     38.9%     36.3%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     33.8%     34.7%

 Cotton                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      96.2
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      8.0%

 Other Income              0.0       0.0      10.0       0.0       0.0      20.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      2.7%      0.0%      0.0%      2.5%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%

1996 Planted Acres
Total                    950.0    2200.0    1500.0    3000.0     800.0    1575.0    1600.0    4500.0    2250.0    4600.0

 Corn                    475.0    1100.0     550.0    1350.0     770.0    1575.0     470.0    1048.0     600.0    1450.0
                          50.0%     50.0%     36.7%     45.0%     96.3%    100.0%     29.4%     23.3%     26.7%     31.5%

 Sorghum                   0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     280.0     847.0       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     17.5%     18.8%      0.0%      0.0%

 Wheat                     0.0       0.0     250.0     300.0       0.0       0.0     642.0    1680.0     750.0    1100.0
                           0.0%      0.0%     16.7%     10.0%      0.0%      0.0%     40.1%     37.3%     33.3%     23.9%

 Soybeans                475.0    1100.0     700.0    1350.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     900.0    1900.0
                          50.0%     50.0%     46.7%     45.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     40.0%     41.3%

 Hay                       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0      30.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      3.8%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%

 Cotton                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     150.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      3.3%

 Fallow                    0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0     208.0     925.0       0.0       0.0
                           0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%      0.0%     13.0%     20.6%      0.0%      0.0%
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 *Receipts for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm. Percents indicate
  the percentage of the total receipts accounted for by the livestock categories and the crops.
**Acreages for 1996 are included to indicate the relative importance of each enterprise to the farm; these values reflect
  acreage reduction percentages that year. Total planted acreage may exceed total cropland available due to double
  cropping. Percents indicate the percentage of total planted acreage accounted for by the crop.