Table 10
           OPERATOR INFORMATION AND NONFARM SUMMARY, 2002
        North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program
                            State Report
                  (Farms Sorted By Net Farm Income)

                                      Avg. Of                        
                                    All Farms     Low 20%    High 20%

Number of farms                           431          86          87

Operator Information
  Average number of operators             1.0         1.0         1.1
  Average age of operators               44.2        44.2        43.4
  Average number of years farming        20.4        18.9        20.7

Nonfarm Income
  Nonfarm wages & salary               14,016      16,400       9,442
  Nonfarm business income               1,434       1,463       2,285
  Nonfarm rental income                   562         653         345
  Nonfarm interest income                 292         129         680
  Nonfarm cash dividends                   47          36          67
  Tax refunds                             693       1,054         350
  Nontaxable nonfarm income               529         264         217
  Gifts and inheritances                1,952       2,311       3,024
  Other nonfarm income                  2,000       2,224       1,521
Total nonfarm income                   21,524      24,534      17,932