TABLE 12 - 7
                  Livestock Enterprise Analysis, 2000                   
         North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program             
                              State Report                                  
                 (Farms Sorted By Net Return Per Unit)                     

                  Dairy -- Average per Cwt Of Milk                      

                                                   Avg. Of       
                                                  All Farms     

	Number of farms                               23         

                                             Quantity     Value
        Milk sold (lb)                          98.87     11.21
        Milk used in home (lb)                   0.28      0.02
        Milk fed to animals (lb)                 0.86      0.09
        Dairy Calves sold (hd)                   0.00      0.14
        Transferred out (hd)                     0.00      0.56
        Cull sales (hd)                          0.00      0.65
	Butchered (hd)                           0.00      0.01
        Less purchased (hd)                      0.00     -0.31
        Less transferred in (hd)                 0.00     -1.94
        Inventory change (hd)                    0.00      0.38
        Total production                                  10.82
        Other income                                       0.49
        Gross return                                      11.30

        Direct Expenses
          Barley (bu.)                           0.19      0.26
          Corn (bu.)                             0.42      0.74
          Corn Silage (lb.)                     39.15      0.40
          Hay, Alfalfa (lb.)                    28.47      0.68
          Hay, Grass & Other (lb.)              16.70      0.28
          Haylage, Alfalfa (lb.)                19.55      0.24
          Haylage, Grass & Other (lb.)          16.88      0.13
          Oats (bu.)                             0.06      0.06
          Pasture (aum)                          0.01      0.13
          Complete Ration (lb.)                  5.83      0.49
          Protein Vit Minerals (lb.)             6.20      0.89
          Other feed stuffs                      6.80      0.17
          Breeding fees                                    0.06
          Veterinary                                       0.27
          Livestock supplies                               0.78
          Fuel & oil                                       0.27
          Repairs                                          0.45
          Custom hire                                      0.17
          Livestock leases                                 0.09
          Marketing                                        0.56
          Operating interest                               0.13
        Total direct expenses                              7.34
        Return over direct expense                         3.96

        Overhead Expenses
          Hired labor                                      0.67
          Machinery & bldg leases                          0.15
          Farm insurance                                   0.13
          Utilities                                        0.31
          Interest                                         0.31
          Mach & bldg depreciation                         0.39
          Miscellaneous                                    0.18
        Total overhead expenses                            2.14
        Total dir & ovhd expenses                          9.48
        Net return                                         1.82

        Other Information
        Avg. number of Cows                                70.7
        Milk produced per Cow                            17,199
        Percent butterfat in milk                           3.5
        Culling percentage                                 24.5
        Percent of barn capacity                           94.2
        Lbs. milk/lb grain & conc.                          2.0
        Feed cost per cwt of milk                          4.59
        Feed cost per Cow                                788.83
        Avg. milk price per cwt.                          11.33