TABLE 13 - 1
                                   Size of Farm Report, 2001
                      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                         452         9         72         143         191         34
Income Statement
  Gross cash farm income            248,851    21,807     73,303     150,678     301,187    691,162
  Total cash farm expense           197,552    37,205     64,306     119,921     234,647    547,212
  Net cash farm income               51,299   -15,398      8,997      30,756      66,540    143,950
  Inventory change                   -2,134    17,581      5,918       4,425      -8,169    -11,854
  Depreciation and capital adjust   -16,756    -2,256     -8,333     -10,205     -20,034    -44,418
  Net farm income                    32,408       -73      6,581      24,977      38,336     87,677
Profitability (cost)
  Labor and management earnings      13,529    -3,975     -2,437      12,652      15,612     40,400
  Rate of return on assets            4.3 %    -3.2 %      0.1 %       4.1 %       4.7 %      5.9 %
  Rate of return on equity            2.2 %   -16.5 %     -7.1 %       1.7 %       2.8 %      5.4 %
  Operating profit margin            11.8 %   -16.6 %      0.5 %      12.6 %      12.0 %     13.6 %
  Asset turnover rate                36.6 %    19.1 %     22.4 %      32.6 %      38.8 %     43.4 %
Liquidity
  Term debt coverage ratio          100.8 %    77.7 %     76.5 %     100.7 %     103.7 %    120.2 %
  Expense as a percent of income     80.1 %    94.4 %     81.3 %      77.4 %      80.2 %     80.5 %
  Interest as a percent of income     8.0 %    13.7 %     13.6 %       9.6 %       7.7 %      5.7 %
Solvency (cost)
  Number of sole proprietors            434         9         72         140         183         28
  Ending farm assets                613,764   194,460    334,022     459,761     732,502  1,335,094
  Ending farm liabilities           311,457   118,066    182,351     257,120     350,427    648,226
  Ending total assets               705,959   243,878    407,738     526,660     836,981  1,533,005
  Ending total liabilities          328,697   131,783    201,590     269,836     369,607    669,449
  Ending net worth                  377,262   112,095    206,148     256,824     467,374    863,556
  Net worth change                   11,853    20,310      9,772      10,960      11,010     20,897
  Ending farm debt to asset ratio      51 %      61 %       55 %        56 %        48 %       49 %
  Beg total debt to asset ratio        45 %      51 %       49 %        50 %        42 %       44 %
  End total debt to asset ratio        47 %      54 %       49 %        51 %        44 %       44 %
Nonfarm Information
  Net nonfarm income                 18,724    28,396     22,197      20,739      16,120     14,820
  Farms reporting living expenses       335         6         57         108         143         19
  Total family living expense        35,011    29,093     25,963      30,976      39,273     52,008
  Total living, invest, & capital    50,203    33,134     34,987      38,633      60,029     85,310
Crop Acres
  Total acres owned                     826       165        651         761         890      1,212
  Total crop acres                    1,647       369        692       1,180       2,023      3,504
  Total crop acres owned                491        65        312         395         557        951
  Total crop acres cash rented          846       285        234         516       1,097      1,988
  Total crop acres share rented         310        19        146         269         369        564