TABLE 13 - 1
                                       Size of Farm Report, 2002                                            
                         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                           431         12         72        133        176         35
Income Statement
  Gross cash farm income              245,559     28,055     73,974    150,745    300,795    651,699
  Total cash farm expense             196,922     37,641     63,367    125,539    235,728    495,617
  Net cash farm income                 48,637     -9,587     10,608     25,207     65,067    156,081
  Inventory change                     12,429      5,475      1,301     12,464     12,955     14,444
  Depreciation and capital adjust     -16,530     -1,999     -4,812    -11,434    -18,208    -48,508
  Net farm income                      44,536     -6,110      7,097     26,237     59,813    122,017
Profitability (cost)
  Labor and management earnings        24,530     -9,752     -1,556     11,597     36,980     74,281
  Rate of return on assets              5.7 %     -4.2 %      0.2 %      3.5 %      7.1 %      8.1 %
  Rate of return on equity              5.6 %    -27.1 %     -6.1 %      1.6 %      8.1 %      9.6 %
  Operating profit margin              15.3 %    -29.0 %      1.1 %     11.8 %     17.3 %     18.2 %
  Asset turnover rate                  37.0 %     14.3 %     21.3 %     30.1 %     41.0 %     44.3 %
Liquidity
  Term debt coverage ratio            131.3 %     68.0 %     73.8 %    106.8 %    141.2 %    184.3 %
  Expense as a percent of income       76.5 %    112.5 %     84.0 %     77.1 %     75.3 %     74.7 %
  Interest as a percent of income       6.9 %     24.1 %     12.7 %      8.4 %      6.7 %      5.3 %
Solvency (cost)
  Number of sole proprietors              413         12         72        130        168         29
  Ending farm assets                  633,111    208,391    324,929    517,019    750,856  1,313,962
  Ending farm liabilities             318,110    146,858    178,297    270,952    361,620    627,935
  Ending total assets                 730,471    264,574    398,576    592,210    867,564  1,477,847
  Ending total liabilities            337,959    154,500    196,924    283,799    386,852    656,890
  Ending net worth                    392,512    110,074    201,651    308,411    480,712    820,957
  Net worth change                     20,513      3,475      3,034     11,947     31,721     47,763
  Ending farm debt to asset ratio        50 %       70 %       55 %       52 %       48 %       48 %
  Beg total debt to asset ratio          46 %       59 %       49 %       47 %       45 %       46 %
  End total debt to asset ratio          46 %       58 %       49 %       48 %       45 %       44 %
Nonfarm Information
  Net nonfarm income                   19,573     28,750     26,354     20,092     16,699     15,782
  Farms reporting living expenses         359          7         58        115        154         23
  Total family living expense          33,795     23,217     24,681     30,331     38,202     46,447
  Total living, invest, & capital      47,184     27,862     26,214     37,479     59,926     69,912
Crop Acres
  Total acres owned                       854        443        701        828        876      1,257
  Total crop acres                      1,714        263        681      1,274      2,069      3,805
  Total crop acres owned                  496        145        316        397        560      1,010
  Total crop acres cash rented            946        105        236        624      1,182      2,311
  Total crop acres share rented           272         13        128        253        326        484