TABLE 6
                          BALANCE SHEET AT COST VALUES                           
            Minnesota and North Dakota Farm Business Mgmt. Education             
                            Red River Valley, 2004                               
                       (Farms Sorted By Net Farm Income)                         
                                     Avg. Of                                     
                                    All Farms     Low 20%    40 - 60%    High 20%
Number of farms                           199          41          39          39
ASSETS
Current Farm Assets
  Cash and checking balance            15,978      14,225      16,938      24,878
  Prepaid expenses & supplies          34,698      18,084      31,213      76,518
  Growing crops                           105         466          -           - 
  Accounts receivable                  54,990      28,201      39,402     122,589
  Hedging accounts                      1,372         294       1,904       3,044
  Crops held for sale or feed         178,795      95,886     175,071     340,554
  Crops under government loan          13,100      17,356       7,839       9,407
  Market livestock held for sale        3,017         115       2,733      11,036
  Other current assets                    585         449       1,739         700
Total current farm assets             302,640     175,074     276,839     588,726
Intermediate Farm Assets
  Breeding livestock                      743         302          74       2,629
  Machinery and equipment             269,770     190,320     246,142     442,067
  Other intermediate assets           140,253     112,187     149,008     206,335
Total intermediate farm assets        410,767     302,809     395,224     651,032
Long Term Farm Assets
  Farm land                           317,981     261,873     250,865     473,386
  Buildings and improvements           53,153      46,511      31,611      93,237
  Other long-term assets               25,259       8,684      11,737      67,451
Total long-term farm assets           396,392     317,068     294,213     634,075
Total Farm Assets                   1,109,799     794,951     966,276   1,873,832
Total Nonfarm Assets                  193,479     187,366     155,004     313,194
Total Assets                        1,303,278     982,316   1,121,280   2,187,026
LIABILITIES
Current Farm Liabilities
  Accrued interest                      9,715       9,966       8,307      13,737
  Accounts payable                     16,817      12,899      14,511      28,199
  Current notes                       134,857     114,834     146,068     177,389
  Government crop loans                11,590      15,033       7,307       8,426
  Principal due on term debt           40,730      28,979      41,271      60,647
Total current farm liabilities        213,708     181,711     217,465     288,398
Total intermediate farm liabs         119,387      90,317     117,134     170,061
Total long term farm liabilities      185,685     167,379     159,979     223,063
Total farm liabilities                518,780     439,407     494,578     681,521
Total nonfarm liabilities              50,759      37,563      61,924      64,175
Total liabilities                     569,539     476,970     556,502     745,697
Net worth (farm and nonfarm)          733,739     505,346     564,779   1,441,330
Net worth change                       40,762     -29,511      33,719     130,703
RATIO ANALYSIS
Current farm liabilities / assets        71 %       104 %        79 %        49 %
Curr. & interm farm liab. / assets       47 %        57 %        50 %        37 %
Long term farm liab. / assets            47 %        53 %        54 %        35 %
Total debt to asset ratio                44 %        49 %        50 %        34 %