TABLE 13 - 3
                                      Type of Farm Report, 2001
                        North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program                          
                                            State Report                                               
                                     (Farms Sorted By Farm Type)                                        
                                    Avg. Of                                    Crop and             
                                  All Farms       Crop      Dairy       Beef       Beef       Other   
Number of farms                         452        146         15         56        103         123
Income Statement
  Gross cash farm income            248,851    282,295    242,906     176,434    259,241     37,586
  Total cash farm expense           197,552    221,879    183,569     143,333    210,082    186,306
  Net cash farm income               51,299     60,415     59,337      33,101     49,159     51,280
  Inventory change                   -2,134     -8,205     14,497       4,474      5,838     -7,617
  Depreciation and capital adjust   -16,756    -17,295    -31,178      -9,098    -17,443    -17,756
  Net farm income                    32,408     34,916     42,657      28,477     37,554     25,907
Profitability (cost)
  Labor and management earnings      13,529     12,304     30,280      11,822     18,063      9,611
  Rate of return on assets            4.3 %      4.2 %      6.6 %       4.4 %      5.0 %      3.6 %
  Rate of return on equity            2.2 %      2.0 %      9.6 %       2.5 %      3.6 %      0.4 %
  Operating profit margin            11.8 %     10.3 %     17.8 %      19.6 %     13.9 %      9.7 %
  Asset turnover rate                36.6 %     40.9 %     36.9 %      22.3 %     35.7 %     37.6 %
Liquidity
  Term debt coverage ratio          100.8 %    100.9 %    180.0 %      90.8 %    109.0 %     87.2 %
  Expense as a percent of income     80.1 %     81.2 %     70.8 %      79.1 %     79.3 %     80.8 %
  Interest as a percent of income     8.0 %      7.6 %      5.3 %      10.1 %      7.5 %      8.6 %
Solvency (cost)
  Number of sole proprietors            434        140         14          55         98        119
  Ending farm assets                613,764    660,327    521,269     587,840    641,989    573,623
  Ending farm liabilities           311,457    314,964    306,516     307,862    322,768    306,829
  Ending total assets               705,959    779,829    603,021     653,845    729,757    654,057
  Ending total liabilities          328,697    335,718    328,648     315,891    337,716    326,147
  Ending net worth                  377,262    444,111    274,373     337,954    392,042    327,910
  Net worth change                   11,853     10,519     23,016      16,249     19,505      4,106
  Ending farm debt to asset ratio      51 %       48 %       59 %        52 %       50 %       53 %
  Beg total debt to asset ratio        45 %       41 %       55 %        48 %       46 %       49 %
  End total debt to asset ratio        47 %       43 %       55 %        48 %       46 %       50 %
Nonfarm Information
  Net nonfarm income                 18,724     21,017     16,866      19,258     17,980     17,556
  Farms reporting living expenses       335        105         10          41         76         98
  Total family living expense        35,011     38,541     30,412      29,397     32,953     36,064
  Total living, invest, & capital    50,203     61,960     42,890      35,588     43,831     50,087
Crop Acres
  Total acres owned                     826        752        608       1,293        802        765
  Total crop acres                    1,647      2,021        639         930      1,680      1,671
  Total crop acres owned                491        611        359         426        467        425
  Total crop acres cash rented          846        987        220         406        913        926
  Total crop acres share rented         310        423         60          99        300        320