($ in millions)
		2001		2000		1999		1998		1997		1996		1995		1994		1993		1992
Operations:
Net sales	$	5,973	$	5,769	$	5,616	$	5,174	$	4,195	$	3,486	$	3,014	$	2,859	$	2,733	$	2,562
Earnings before income taxes and
extraordinary item	90		86		21		70		107		129		132		82		51		65
Net earnings	71		103		21		69		95		119		121		75		47		57
Allocated patronage refunds	71		142		35		76		84		101		104		66		41		48
Cash returned to members	47		54		49		40		59		53		46		41		40		37
Financial Position:
Working capital	$	445	$	324	$	362	$	305	$	228	$	199	$	185	$	151	$	151	$	158
Investments	568		466		460		397		242		240		184		152		129		125
Plant and equipment	675		489		462		450		283		218		205		180		165		153
Total assets	3,091		2,473		2,700		2,292		1,566		1,235		1,149		943		866		841
Long-term debt (including capital securities)	1,147		663		683		547		297		212		180		155		160		147
Equities	837		805		769		781		539		480		417		353		326		318
Financial Measures:
Return on equity	9%		13%		3%		13%		20%		29%		34%		23%		15%		19%
Return on invested capital	9%		9%		5%		10%		16%		21%		24%		17%		12%		16%
Long-term debt (including capital securities)-
to-capital	56%		44%		47%		41%		35%		30%		30%		30%		33%		31%
Current ratio	1.48		1.36		1.31		1.34		1.34		1.40		1.36		1.38		1.42		1.44