TABLE 12
                 NONFARM INCOME, OPERATOR AND LABOR INFORMATION                           
            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                           230          46          46          46
NONFARM INCOME
  Nonfarm wages & salary               11,715      15,242      11,974       6,286
  Net nonfarm business income             960       1,141          91         859
  Nonfarm rental income                   763       2,678         100          76
  Nonfarm interest income                 133          52          34         348
  Nonfarm cash dividends                  483       1,737          -          603
  Tax refunds                             158         168         261          18
  Other nonfarm income                    912         310         374       1,139
Total nonfarm income                   15,123      21,327      12,833       9,328
OPERATOR INFORMATION
  Average number of operators             1.1         1.0         1.1         1.2
  Average age of operators               44.1        45.4        41.0        46.2
  Average number of years farming        21.0        22.3        18.1        24.2
RESULTS PER OPERATOR
  Working capital                     100,688      -2,685      78,024     266,477
  Total assets (market)             1,482,113   1,227,081   1,298,476   2,143,668
  Total liabilities                   652,780     633,406     633,843     767,249
  Net worth (market)                  829,332     593,675     664,633   1,376,420
  Net worth excl deferred liabs       942,782     675,304     768,943   1,548,304
  Gross farm income                   489,947     367,199     471,464     731,462
  Total farm expense                  411,955     384,559     403,259     554,208
  Net farm income                      77,992     -17,361      68,206     177,253
  Net nonfarm income                   13,566      21,144      12,048       7,528
  Family living & tax withdrawals      61,772      53,039      55,765      79,251
  Total acres owned                     338.2       316.8       294.8       397.8
  Total crop acres                    1,548.3     1,419.3     1,563.2     1,967.7
  Crop acres owned                      315.2       275.2       274.5       387.6
  Crop acres cash rented              1,157.6     1,084.4     1,257.3     1,425.6
  Crop acres share rented                75.5        59.7        31.4       154.6
  Total pasture acres                     1.9          -           -          8.4
LABOR ANALYSIS
Number of farms                           230          46          46          46
Total unpaid labor hours                1,918       1,673       1,925       2,239
Total hired labor hours                 1,344       1,203       1,083       2,117
Total labor hours per farm              3,262       2,875       3,008       4,356
Unpaid hours per operator               1,721       1,658       1,807       1,807
Value of farm production / hour        166.60      128.81      166.02      205.90
Net farm income / unpaid hour           45.33      -10.47       37.74       98.09