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                                         Size of Farm Report, 2000                                            
                                             Financial Summary                                             
                           North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program                          
                                                State Report                                               
                                    (Farms Sorted By Gross Farm Income)                                    
                                       Avg. Of   Less than    40,001 -   100,001 -   200,001 -   500,001 - 
                                      All Farms    40,000      100,000     200,000     500,000   1,000,000 
Number of farms                            475          16          77         160         188          32
Income Statement
  Gross cash farm income               231,441      23,245      72,602     149,092     297,527     654,316
  Total cash farm expense              186,270      24,295      64,299     119,490     233,787     549,546
  Net cash farm income                  45,172      -1,050       8,303      29,602      63,740     104,770
  Inventory change                      21,908       9,613      11,554      19,736      23,805      59,415
  Depreciation and capital adjust      -13,057       1,183      -4,440      -7,840     -17,617     -38,989
  Net farm income                       54,022       9,745      15,417      41,498      69,928     125,196
Profitability (cost)
  Labor and management earnings         36,397       6,411       7,427      29,058      46,274      89,138
  Rate of return on assets               8.5 %       1.7 %       2.9 %       8.1 %       9.3 %      10.1 %
  Rate of return on equity               9.9 %      -6.4 %      -2.0 %       9.4 %      10.8 %      13.2 %
  Operating profit margin               20.9 %       9.5 %      10.8 %      22.8 %      21.7 %      19.2 %
  Asset turnover rate                   40.8 %      18.0 %      26.9 %      35.5 %      42.7 %      52.6 %
Liquidity
  Term debt coverage ratio             162.4 %     109.0 %     114.4 %     144.6 %     174.2 %     185.2 %
  Expense as a percent of income        73.6 %      74.5 %      76.9 %      71.1 %      72.7 %      77.2 %
  Interest as a percent of income        8.2 %      17.4 %      13.2 %      10.4 %       7.5 %       6.3 %
Solvency (cost)
  Number of sole proprietors               458          16          77         155         180          28
  Ending farm assets                   593,632     163,268     318,838     473,820     744,774   1,188,169
  Ending farm liabilities              299,638     105,382     183,981     259,140     336,764     669,207
  Ending total assets                  678,891     210,325     384,591     545,070     844,056   1,340,889
  Ending total liabilities             315,035     118,778     197,567     271,476     354,510     692,314
  Ending net worth                     363,857      91,547     187,024     273,594     489,546     648,575
  Net worth change                      33,334      18,248      14,369      26,482      43,590      53,047
  Ending farm debt to asset ratio         50 %        65 %        58 %        55 %        45 %        56 %
  Beg total debt to asset ratio           47 %        61 %        51 %        51 %        42 %        53 %
  End total debt to asset ratio           46 %        56 %        51 %        50 %        42 %        52 %
Nonfarm Information
  Net nonfarm income                    18,472      23,102      21,610      19,591      16,674      14,611
  Farms reporting living expenses          359          14          52         123         147          21
  Total family living expense           33,128      21,159      24,581      29,748      37,252      52,243
  Total living, invest, & capital       44,480      27,979      30,998      37,311      52,368      75,523
Crop Acres
  Total acres owned                        821         288         665         769         911       1,137
  Total crop acres                       1,619         219         678       1,239       2,058       3,667
  Total crop acres owned                   489         117         286         438         582         834
  Total crop acres cash rented             829          81         256         542       1,089       2,293
  Total crop acres share rented            301          20         136         259         388         540