JOHN FARMER, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Main St, Houston, TX

6012925, Jan 11, 2000

Nov 24, 1997

8/976920

James B. Kelly - Houston TX
John Farmer - Houston TX
Mike Warren - Maurice LA
James R. Hartman - Victoria TX

G09B 1918

434107

This invention is directed toward a method of doing business, wherein a first entity, referred to as the Secondary Guarantor, engages in the business of providing and evaluating financial guarantees by way of a joint venture or other arrangement with a second entity, hereafter referred to as the Primary Guarantor, authorized by the appropriate authorities to engage in the writing of financial guarantees. These entities combine to form the "guarantor" or the "company". The guarantee is preferably sold by the secondary guarantor entity to an owner of a product or commodity, and guarantees that the owner will obtain a remuneration subsidy or "settlement" for the product or commodity at the time of sale, should the sale price be below the cost to produce the product or commodity. The invention is more particularly directed to guaranteeing the owner of cattle, or more specifically the "feeder" of cattle, an established remuneration subsidy at the time of the sale of the cattle at a price below the cost to produce the marketed cattle.